From 2014 to 2020 Oxfam embedded an Emergency Response Fund (ERF) in its multiyear disaster risk reduction programs in Asia-Pacific and Central America. The Oxfam…
Local and national disaster responders are crucial to saving lives in emergencies, but to receive international funding, they often find themselves implementing the plans of…
This research explores whether and how local humanitarian leadership (LHL) promotes or constrains women’s leadership. It involves case studies from Bangladesh and South Sudan, and…
Critics of international humanitarian aid have long suggested that the system needs to be more inclusive of actors from crisis-affected countries. Increased attention to this…
Despite commitments made under the Grand Bargain and other international instruments to direct a greater share of humanitarian funding to local and national actors, there…
In a feature article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Oxfam suggests that the international community has not lived up to the commitments we made…
Tens of millions of people receive vital humanitarian aid every year, but millions more suffer without adequate help and protection, and their number is relentlessly…
“The Power of Local Action summarizes the discussions and examples shared during Oxfam-hosted Local Humanitarian Leadership (LHL) Learning Events and global meetings in 2019, and seeks to…
Local humanitarian actors are on the brink of what could be a revolutionary movement in the global humanitarian space, which is still dominated by huge…
