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Scene from a women’s group sponsored by AWYAD. “Women who used to be afraid to speak up are now leading women’s groups,” says AWYAD field coordinator Teddie Babu. Photo: Elizabeth Stevens / Oxfam America

Standing up for women’s rights and local leadership in Uganda

Elizabeth Stevens

December 10th, 2018 Gender, Governance, Humanitarian, Participation and Leadership, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls

Elizabeth Stevens describes how a small, local NGO has had an outsized impact on Uganda’s refugee response. Heart, guts, big ideas, and an investor. If you are launching a tiny …

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Local leadershipUgandawomen's rights
Noraisah Arumpac, who fled Marawi, the Philippines, in 2017 helps her daughter with homework. The plywood that reinforces her family’s tent was provided by Humanitarian Response Consortium. “HRC was a great help. They went from tent to tent to talk to us. They gave us everything we needed.” Photo: Elizabeth Stevens/Oxfam

A sea change in the Philippines: local groups take charge in emergencies

Elizabeth Stevens

June 7th, 2018 General, Humanitarian

Local humanitarian actionLocalisationPhilippines

El Salvador: the struggle to survive El Niño

Elizabeth Stevens

February 9th, 2016 Climate Change, Disasters, Food & livelihoods, Food security, Humanitarian

The global El Niño weather phenomenon is being exacerbated by climate change. The UN’s humanitarian agency predicts that in 2016 over 60 million people around the world will be affected …

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