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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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

Youth job seekers check their registration number during Forasna job fair in Cairo. Credit: Aly Mose

Using technology to enhance youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa

Shekhar Anand and Ahmed Elassal

September 7th, 2020 Youth employment, Youth Participation

Challenges in context According to an Oxfam report, half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by COVID-19. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), warned that the crisis is expected …

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West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory. Credit: Lorenzo Tugnoli/Oxfam

We need new policies to deal with Coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa

Nabil Abdo

May 19th, 2020 Health

Coronavirus has crippled all aspects of normalcy in people’s lives and the economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), despite the region being relatively spared larger outbreaks as …

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I am not from Gaza

Laila Barhoum

February 4th, 2020 Governance, Influencing, Land rights

As part of our Influencing Series we will soon be sharing a number of blogs on the power of narratives and stories. Here we share a first hand experience from …

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Zahia, Sarah and Hanadi, Syrian refugees living in a neighbourhood of Tripoli. Photo: Pablo Tosca/Oxfam.

6 lessons on building resilience for displaced people in the Middle East and North Africa

Jude Powell and Shekhar Anand

September 13th, 2018 Refugees and IDPs

Jude Powell and Shekhar Anand share the lessons learnt from Oxfam in the Middle East and North Africa on building the resilience for displaced people in the region. By the …

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Tackling gender based violence in the digital age

Kirsten Bickford

December 7th, 2017 Gender, General, ICT4D, Violence Against Women and Girls

In a world where the digital landscape is rapidly changing the way we access information, the extent to which technology can help or hinder those affected by gender based violence …

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Now is the time for women’s rights in the Middle East

Farah Kobaissy

November 21st, 2017 Active citizenship, Gender, General

The realization of women’s rights and gender justice in the Middle East and North Africa is inseparably entwined with conflict resolution and peace building efforts explains Farah Kobaissy. “No matter …

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