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A Long Way to Go: Influencing Social Norms to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Iraq

Diego Redondo Cripovich

November 25th, 2020 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls

There are many social, political, religious, tribal and economic reasons that contribute to defining gender roles throughout the ages, and yet there appears to be a common thread of gender …

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Podcast: Key requirements for INGOs to make true on the ‘Localisation of Aid’ agenda

Saskia Harmsen, Haissam Minkara, Dima ElSayed and Saba Azeem

November 1st, 2017 Aid, Humanitarian

Many INGOs have made commitments to support reform in the Humanitarian System, specifically to ensure that local and national humanitarian actors can take a more prominent role in coordinating and …

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Families make their way to safety in south west Mosul, February 2017. Credit: Tommy Trenchard

Life after ISIS: Reflections from Iraq

Franc Cortada

June 13th, 2017 Conflict, General, Humanitarian, Refugees and IDPs

Oxfam is working with conflict affected communities and internally displaced people in Iraq. Franc Cortada, Oxfam’s Program Director, recently visited the country and was impressed by people’s determination to get …

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The value of vouchers: Innovation and empowerment in Iraq

Corrie Sissons

March 23rd, 2017 ICT4D, Protection

Corrie Sissons introduces a new e-voucher technology helping to meet the unique needs of households living through the Iraq crisis. The changing nature of humanitarian crises in a modern world …

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The day after ISIS in Iraq

Maya Mailer

February 1st, 2017 Conflict, Emergency, Fragile contexts, Humanitarian

Maya Mailer, Head of Humanitarian Policy & Campaigns, argues that the challenges facing Iraq go beyond Isis’ presence and that we must plan beyond short-term militarism to create a new, …

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Women leading in the peace

Caroline Sweetman

November 19th, 2016 Fragile contexts, Gender, Gender & Development Journal, Governance

According to World Bank estimates of September 2016, two billion people live in countries where development outcomes are affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. By 2030, the share of global …

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Women refugees gather for coffee in Sawere settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

From coffee to conference

Emilia Torrisi

October 28th, 2016 Gender

In this blog, Shekhar Anand and Emilia Torrisi share Oxfam’s learning on building influencing networks, how we are achieving it and why it is crucial to creating sustainable change.  t Oxfam …

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Female Cash for Work Beneficiaries in Housseini Village, Iraq. Credit: Oxfam

CLARA: How a livelihoods and risk assessment tool is supporting women’s economic empowerment

Corrie Sissons

October 6th, 2016 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, Refugees and IDPs, Women's Economic Empowerment

There are more than 3.3 million displaced people in Iraq. Women and girls, and their ability to participate in livelihoods, have been particularly affected by this displacement. In this blog …

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