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Scene from a women’s group sponsored by AWYAD. “Women who used to be afraid to speak up are now leading women’s groups,” says AWYAD field coordinator Teddie Babu. Photo: Elizabeth Stevens / Oxfam America

Standing up for women’s rights and local leadership in Uganda

Elizabeth Stevens

December 10th, 2018 Gender, Governance, Humanitarian, Participation and Leadership, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls

Elizabeth Stevens describes how a small, local NGO has had an outsized impact on Uganda’s refugee response. Heart, guts, big ideas, and an investor. If you are launching a tiny …

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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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Sameera demonstrates her solar torch. Photo: Sophie Mack Smith/Oxfam

Lighting up the lives of Rohingya Refugees

Rachel Hastie

August 16th, 2018 Humanitarian, Protection, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls

Oxfam 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.

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First Lady, Professor Gertrude Mutharika, with fellow Oxfam Ambassadors on ending violence against women and girls at the EVAWG event in Phalombe District, Malawi. Credit: Watipaso Kaliwo/Oxfam

The power of purple: changing attitudes in Malawi

Nikki van der Gaag

June 4th, 2018 General, Violence Against Women and Girls

Nikki van der Gaag, Oxfam GB’s Director of Women’s Rights, reports from rural Malawi, where Oxfam is working with the First Lady to end gender-based violence and promote gender equality. …

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Three women walking down the main road of Cirhogole Village. DRC. Credit: Ramon Sanchez Orense/Oxfam

Working with men in the most dangerous place to be a woman

Augustin Titi Rutanuka and Romane Bonneme

January 15th, 2018 Fragile contexts, Gender, General, Protection, Violence Against Women and Girls

The Democratic Republic of Congo has become renowned for incredibly high levels of sexual violence. Oxfam partner CEDIER has been working to engage men in the DRC, to tackle some …

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Women's rights activists taking part in the regional conference, in Beirut, December 2017. Credit: KAFA

A model law to tackle violence against women

Farah Kobaissy

January 8th, 2018 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls

In December Oxfam’s partner in Lebanon, KAFA, launched a ‘Regional Model Law on Violence against Women and Girls in the Arab Countries.’ Here Farah Kobaissy reflects on this historic step …

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Marching in Zambia: Oxfam's grassroots Enough campaign against violence against women. Credit Oxfam

Why addressing power is key to ending violence against women

Nikki van der Gaag

December 8th, 2017 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls

Violence against women won’t end until gender equality is a reality, argues Nikki van der Gaag, Oxfam’s Gender Justice and Women’s Rights Director. The current wave of interest in sexual …

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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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Couples interviewed by Oxfam in Bolivia. Credit: Oxfam

In the name of love: Act to end intimate partner violence

Catalina Ruiz

December 6th, 2017 Violence Against Women and Girls

‘When someone starts hurting us “in the name of love” it’s time to change partners.’ As we mark the 16 days of activism against gender based violence Catalina Ruiz explains …

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Jealousy is NO excuse for violence

Muthoni Muriithi

November 24th, 2017 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls

In the run up to 16 Days of Activism Muthoni Muriithi, the Africa Enough Campaigner at Oxfam International, explains their new campaign which tackles jealousy as a cause of domestic violence. …

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