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In Kabul, Afghanistan, training for women police recruits takes six months; they learn weapons, general policing and the rule of law, gender and human rights awareness. Photo: Ellie Kealey/Oxfam

Local partnerships and protecting human rights in conflict

Phil Vernon

November 1st, 2017 Fragile contexts, Governance 1 Comment

Phil Vernon from International Alert shares his views on working with partners on conflict contexts, as part of our release of a recent joint report on the subject.  A healthy …

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Credit: Carol Allen-Storey/International Alert

Being a better partner in conflict situations

Mark Goldring and Harriet Lamb

October 31st, 2017 Conflict, Fragile contexts, General, Research 1 Comment

A new report from Oxfam and International Alert looks at how violent conflict impacts local civil society and how international partners respond. Here Harriet Lamb, CEO of International Alert and …

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Martin Lubajo. Credit: Oxfam

Keeping education alive in South Sudan

Martin Lubajo

October 24th, 2017 Fragile contexts, General, Youth Leave a Comment

‘Our country had suffered from war and under-development for generations, but we knew education could help us find a better path’. Martin Lubajo shares his journey from refugee in Uganda …

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Nelson Mandela speaking during the launch of Make Poverty History in 2005.Credit: Mark Davy/Oxfam

How Oxfam has influenced for change over the last 75 years

Ruth Mayne, Andrew Wells-Dang and Chris Stalker

October 19th, 2017 Active citizenship, General, Influencing Leave a Comment

In advance of the Oxfam Research Network’s Evidence for Influencing conference (Soesterberg, Netherlands, 23-24 October), Ruth Mayne, Chris Stalker and Andrew Wells-Dang look back over Oxfam’s history of influencing and …

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Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima with civil society leaders in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Credit: Tom Saater/Oxfam

World-wide influencing: what is it?

Steve Price-Thomas

September 14th, 2017 Active citizenship, General, Governance, Influencing Leave a Comment

A changing world poses new challenges, and opens up new opportunities, for Oxfam’s work to end poverty, inequality, and injustice. Steve Price Thomas, Oxfam International’s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns …

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Members of the Rakhine Women’s Union which Oxfam’s partner Tat Lan works with. Credit: Dustin Barter/Oxfam

Putting gender at the heart of national budgeting

Poe Ei Phyu and Jasmine Burnley

August 14th, 2017 Gender, General, Governance Leave a Comment

Having an accountable system for public spending is central to the democratic relationship between citizens and the state. What if gender inequality was taken into account in the budget process? …

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Credit: Oxfam

Is there room on the broom for young women?

Sharon Settecasse

August 10th, 2017 Active citizenship, Gender, Youth Leave a Comment

For International Youth Day Sharon Settecasse looks at what lessons the development sector, and especially those working with young women, could take from the popular children’s book, ‘Room on the …

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New Delhi: a city of men?

Shannon Philip

August 3rd, 2017 Gender, New Urbanism Leave a Comment

What does it mean to be a man? Prescriptive gender norms limit the lives of both men and women. Earlier this week Neha Kagal described how women’s empowerment in wastepicker …

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Discussion at an event to support women running for local election in Morocco, February 2015. Credit: Ellie Kealey/Oxfam

Influencing for social justice: nudge, shove, show or shout?

Sally Golding and Ruth Mayne

July 24th, 2017 Active citizenship, General, Governance, Influencing 2 Comments

What do, closed door talks with civil servants about climate change, street theatre about the impacts of domestic violence, and anti-tax haven marches have in common? Answer: They’re all about …

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Water collection at a public tap in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015. Credit: Richard Friend

Does resilience thinking help or hinder urban development?

Richard Friend and Arabella Fraser

July 4th, 2017 General, New Urbanism Leave a Comment

As climate and weather-related risks increase in urban areas, resilience discourses and ideas have gained traction in urban development policy. Arabella Fraser, Research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and …

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© 2018. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SC039042).
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

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