Muthoni Maingi, Head of Digital Campaigns at Oxfam International, reflects on the challenges for gender equality in online spaces and her recent visit to the #TechWomenAfrica conference. Earlier this month …
Beyond a phone in your pocket: feminist analysis of the digital age
Amy O'DonnellAmy 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 …
Sampling strategies for gendered impact evaluations
Alexia PretariHow can evaluators ensure that gendered power dimensions are accounted for in impact evaluations? Alexia Pretari reflects on the relative merits of two approaches. Oxfam’s approach to building resilience involves …
Lighting up the lives of Rohingya Refugees
Rachel HastieOxfam 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.
Introducing the new Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action
Tess Dico-YoungFor World Humanitarian Day Tess Dico-Young reflects on the process of producing the new, improved, IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action. Huge shifts have occurred in the humanitarian sector and …
Why are we marching? Challenging the ‘new normal’
Nikki van der Gaag‘Truth will prevail over fake news, solidarity over autocracy, love over hatred.’ Nikki van der Gaag, explains why Oxfam is supporting the Women’s March in London tomorrow as President Trump …
Visions of a feminist future
Srushti MahamuniWhat would a truly feminist world look like? Srushti Mahamuni explores the visions shared by representatives of feminist organizations and Oxfam staff at a recent learning event. Imagine its 2050 …
How to measure women’s empowerment so that it reflects the views and opinions of all women interviewed in a study
Simone Lombardini and Natalie Naïri QuinnEnsuring all voices are heard in evaluation processes is challenging but essential. Natalie Naïri Quinn from Oxford University and Oxfam’s Simone Lombardini present their analysis from a discrete choice experiment …
