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Three Syrian refugee women and a girl enter the ‘Oasis Center for Resilience and Empowerment of Women and Girls’ operated by UN Women in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Photo CC license: UN Women/Christopher Herwig

Why women humanitarian workers matter

Julie Lafrenière

August 19th, 2019 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, Humanitarian

August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, when we mark the work done by humanitarian staff all over the world, who often risk their lives to support people affected by crises. …

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Mobile phone charging stations in Kara Tepe refugee camp, Greece. A vital way for families to keep in touch. Aubrey Wade/Oxfam

Technology and inequality

Claire Spoors

August 1st, 2019 Gender & Development Journal, ICT4D, Inequality, Participation and Leadership

We are at a crossroads on the digital highway. Advocacy Adviser, Claire Spoors highlights some key themes for the international development sector to consider when thinking about the intersection of …

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Young feminists march to end violence against women in Montevideo, Uruguay, 2017. Credit: UN Women/Sahand Minae.

Young feminists driving change

Imogen Davies

November 30th, 2018 Active citizenship, Gender & Development Journal, Participation and Leadership, Rights, Violence Against Women and Girls, Youth

Imogen Davies, Oxfam GB’s Global Adviser on Youth, Gender & Active Citizenship, and co-editor of the latest issue of Gender & Development, describes the political approaches young feminist movements are taking …

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Alice takes part in a mixed-gender football match at her secondary school in Malawi. Photo: Corinna Kern / Oxfam

Making international development campaigns work for girls

Rosie Walters

November 26th, 2018 Education, Gender & Development Journal, Participation and Leadership, Youth

Rosie Walters discovers how girls can take a much more creative approach to feminist activism than campaigns would give them credit for. In the past decade, countless campaigns have emerged …

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Woman using her mobile phone in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Honiara is the capital city of Solomon Islands. Wednesday, 10 June 2015. Credit:

Beyond a phone in your pocket: feminist analysis of the digital age

Amy O'Donnell

August 28th, 2018 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, ICT4D

Amy O’Donnell, a specialist on digital technologies at Oxfam and Board member of anti-harassment charity Hollaback!, outlines the Gender & Development Journal’s new ICTs issue and two launch events.  Having a phone …

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Renu Bala, President of the Panjhorvanga Dairy Enterprise in Bangladesh. Photo: Abir Abdullah / Oxfam

Feminists doing digital

Caroline Sweetman

July 11th, 2018 Gender, Gender & Development Journal

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Gender & Development turns 25

Caroline Sweetman

June 7th, 2018 Gender, Gender & Development Journal

This year, Oxfam’s international journal Gender & Development turns 25. The UK Development Studies Association and Oxfam marked the occasion by convening a one-day seminar for feminist activists from academia …

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Migrants in a global economy – call for contributions

Caroline Sweetman

May 31st, 2018 Gender, Gender & Development Journal

Wend-Kouni, from Rouko village, Burkina Faso, digs for gold. Ollivier Girad/CIFOR

No environmental justice without gender justice

Caroline Sweetman

November 9th, 2017 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, General, Natural Resources

Gender equality and women’s rights are core to attaining sustainable, just human development. Editor, Caroline Sweetman, introduces the natural resource justice issue of the Gender & Development journal. 2017 is …

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A women in Far Western Nepal uses a water pump to wash pots and pans. (Photo credit: Andrew Reckers

Why access to water may not benefit all women equally

Stephanie Leder and Floriane Clement

September 26th, 2017 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, General, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

In a study of water projects in Western Nepal Stephanie Leder and Floriane Clement found that community dynamics impacted on planning processes. As a result the more marginalized and disadvantaged …

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