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As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

Sanitation facilities in a refugee camp we visited in Uganda. 92% of women and girls we spoke to said they didn’t use latrines after dark, showing the need to make sanitation safer. Photo: Rachel Hastie/ Oxfam

We must do more to make emergency sanitation safer

Rachel Hastie

March 1st, 2019 Emergencies, Emergency, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls, WASH Impact Series, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Why do so few women and girls use emergency latrines? Rachel Hastie shares key findings that could help make sanitation safer in camps. We looked at the latrine with dismay, …

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Sameera demonstrates her solar torch. Photo: Sophie Mack Smith/Oxfam

Lighting up the lives of Rohingya Refugees

Rachel Hastie

August 16th, 2018 Humanitarian, Protection, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls

Oxfam and partners at Loughborough University are looking at how lighting can be used to reduce the perceived risk of gender based violence around water and sanitation facilities in camps.

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Podcast: Protecting civilians in conflict

Rachel Hastie and Fionna Smyth

August 16th, 2017 Conflict, Humanitarian, Protection

As a result of conflict, the world today is faced with huge challenges in protecting civilians. In Yemen, Syria and South Sudan, infrastructures have been destroyed and thousands of people …

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Raghda, 25, and her brother Younes, 20, from Mosul, Iraq, walk through Hassansham camp near the town of Khazer, Iraq. Credit: Sam Tarling/ Oxfam

Civilians are not a target

Rachel Hastie

August 15th, 2017 Humanitarian, Protection

For World Humanitarian Day Rachel Hastie, Oxfam’s Global Protection Adviser, reflects on our common humanity and what it means. Some years back I was walking my children to school before catching …

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What is protection anyway?

Rachel Hastie

March 23rd, 2016 Conflict, Disasters, Humanitarian

LEARNING: If you work for a humanitarian agency then protection, helping people to stay safe in conflicts and disasters, is a core part of your duty of care. Our new …

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