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The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crises of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a global pandemic existing in all social groups across the globe, yet it has largely been ignored in the COVID-19 response and recovery plans. It is evident that the...

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Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Young Women’s Economic Justice

The tool’s methodology is rooted in a feminist and youth-led participatory action research approach to diagnosing social norms. It uses participatory and transformative methods to engage young people...

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Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Sierra Leone: Impact evaluation of the...

Between October 2016 and March 2019, the Freetown WASH Consortium, led by Oxfam with Against Hunger, Concern Worldwide and Save the Children as members, carried out the 'Improved WASH Services in...

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Oxfam and Protection: A guidance note (2022 update)

This guidance note outlines Oxfam’s understanding of protection within humanitarian responses, and the framework it uses for field-based protection work. It goes on to describe the main modes of action...

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Feminist Scorecard 2022: Tracking Welsh Government action to advance women’s...

This scorecard tracks the Welsh government’s progress towards advancing women’s rights and gender equality between 2020 and 2022 in six policy areas: Fair Finance, Caring Responsibilities, Global...

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Surviving Deterrence: How US asylum deterrence policies normalize...

Migrants and asylum seekers often flee unspeakable acts of gender-based violence (GBV) at home such as human trafficking, sexual assault, sexual slavery, kidnapping, harassment, and other trauma. In...

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The Assault of Austerity: How prevailing economic policy choices are a form...

This briefing paper argues that austerity measures are a form of gender-based violence against women, girls and non-binary people, and lays out clear examples of how fiscal consolidation affects them....

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Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls in the...

The Creating Spaces project was a five-year, multi-country initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and girls and the prevalence of child, early and forced marriage in Bangladesh, India,...

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Lives at Risk: A study of girls dropping out of school in Juba, Rumbek and...

This study was undertaken by Oxfam in three South Sudanese counties as part of the SIDA-funded project 'Building Resilience through Gender and Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Education, Skills...

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Funding schemes and support towards gender-based violence prevention and...

Since 2019, Lebanon has undergone multiple economic, political, and social crises that have exacerbated the heavy burdens on its population, including poverty, unemployment, and economic precarity. The...

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Oxfam in Gender Emergencies Strategy 2022-25

This Gender in Emergencies (GiE) Strategy for 2022–25 is a framework for more effective humanitarian action that acknowledges and addresses gender in a responsive, appropriate, and equitable manner. It...

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Oxfam in Gender Emergencies Standards 2022-25

Oxfam’s 2022 Gender in Emergencies (GiE) Standards are the key internal tool by which the charity sets out to realise its gender-specific humanitarian ambition in alignment with the 2022–25 GiE...

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