Global Handwashing Day takes place on the 15th of October. This year it comes with added prominence in our calendar. Coronavirus has heightened the importance of handwashing across the world. …
Podcast: Coronavirus and Web Data Analysis
Alexia Pretari, Simone Lombardini and Nicole SchwitterSocial media has the potential to profoundly influence the way society works. Social media has been used for understanding crowd sizes from Instagram posts and to analyse hate speech and …
Collaborating through crisis
Katie McLeanHow are Oxfam partnering with the private sector to respond to the coronavirus pandemic? We have been getting creative and resourceful in our partnerships with Unilever, Burberry and ASOS.
What really influences our behaviours?
Thomas Dunmore Rodriguez and Ruth MayneWe are re-running this blog in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was originally published in 2019. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of individuals adopting particular behaviours for …
Between a feminist and operational approach to Afghan women in the police
Dr. Jorrit KammingaPolitical uncertainty has reigned in Afghanistan following the US-Taliban deal signed in February 2020 and the dispute around who the legitimate president was following the elections in September last year. …
Averting a Coronavirus-Induced Ethnocide in Latin America
Stephanie BurgosThis year August 9th – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – comes at a critical moment. Far from hospitals and news cameras, indigenous people in Latin America are …
What does the UN Security Council Resolution on COVID-19 mean?
Pauline ChetcutiOn July 1st, the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously backed U.N. chief Antonio Guterres’ March 23rd call for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic. Resolution 2532 (2020) was finally …
Podcast: “Imagine something out of the box” How are young people responding to the pandemic?
Power in the Pandemic PodcastHow are young people responding to the Coronavirus crisis?What’s it like to manage a soap factory during the pandemic? How are young people using the internet to build bridges between …
Coronavirus means a ceasefire in Yemen is needed now more than ever
Awssan KamalThis blog was written by Awssan Kamal Oxfam GB Humanitarian Campaign Project Manager, a British Yemeni aid worker and activist. In 2015 he was forced to return to the UK …
COVID-19 in South Africa is causing frontline women workers to pay for skewed health systems
Nicole Oloo and Georgia MurphyAs with many other healthcare systems around the world, COVID-19 has delivered a sharp blow to South Africa’s. Before the pandemic, the healthcare system was already struggling to cope with …