Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
Oxfam UK/I has adopted a program of regionalization which will lead to changes in the size and structure of its international programs. Over the next 3 years, regional strategic plans will be developed while current country programs assess what they do. Some Oxfam UK/I offices will be closed. A recent report on the Oxfam UK/I South India program as...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
The Ikafe camp established in 1994 in Uganda for 45,000 refugees from Sudan was treated as a rural development program by Oxfam UK/1. Refugees and Oxfam staff achieved registration, land allocation, distribution of food, water, sanitation, health care, and livelihood development, and the refugees successfully cleared land for cultivation, establish...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
In Egypt, low-income people often suffer burns because of the types of household fuels used and the lack of safety protection. Women and boys under the age of 5 years are the most vulnerable to this type of injury. This is because women do most of the cooking and because the stoves are on the floor, where they are easily over-turned by inquisitive,...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
In Egypt, the Association of Garbage Collectors for Community Development (AGCCD), created and administered with government support by Zabballeen (low-income people who have collected, sorted, and recycled Cairo's mountains of garbage since 1970), serves an urban settlement of 16,000 where entire households supplement their living from scavenging b...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
With violence against women now recognized as a public health issue, Oxfam is addressing the gender dimensions and health effects of violence against women by supporting programs in various parts of the world. In South Africa, the KwaZulu Natal Programme for the Survivors of Violence works with young men involved in ongoing political violence and o...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
A recent Oxfam study in south Sudan indicates that reproductive health care (RHC) remains important to communities during crisis situations. RHC involves emergency obstetrics, family planning, prenatal care, prevention and management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)/HIV infection, treatment of unsafe abortions, and prevention of female genit...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
As part of Oxfam's efforts to address gender issues during the past year, the agency mapped its progress on gender policy implementation in its international program. If Oxfam is to retain its enviable reputation on gender issues, it must translate the lessons learned from the mapping activity into action plans and strategies. The mapping activity ...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
In the Philippines, where the Oxfam team has worked on gender issues since 1990, the group recently conducted an in-house workshop to identify achievements and areas for improvement in gender mainstreaming. Gender activities began with a needs assessment of the fisheries in 1990 and have included gender-sensitivity training for Oxfam partner groups...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
In May 1997, Oxfam initiated an effort to help partner organizations in Bangladesh integrate gender issues into their management structures and programs. Oxfam's strategy involved inviting all 20 of its partners to send two women in management or staff positions to create a forum on gender. Oxfam kept the agenda open and included recreational activ...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
A 1997 study evaluated the quantitative, publicly available, and regularly reported data continuously collected by Oxfam to determine whether there have been changes in the diversity of employees over the past 3 years, whether the data collection met the needs of managers trying to implement the gender policy, and what strategies and recommendation...
