Oxfam International Secretariat

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Non Governmental Organizations

Mission

Oxfam International is a confederation of 15 organizations working together in over 90 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. Each organization (Affiliate) works together internationally to achieve a greater impact through collective efforts. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives.

DRR activities
Websites

http://www.oxfam.org/

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Gender equality in emergencies programme insights
To mark International day for Disaster Risk reduction (IDDR) 2012, Oxfam has published a new collection of programme insights papers bringing together experiences, lessons and good practice from Oxfam and its partners work in emergencies and on di
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Land Rights, Land Tenure, and Urban Recovery - Rebuilding post-earthquake Port-au-Prince and Léogâne
Two years after the earthquake in Haiti, this recommends for advancing the issue that nearly 500,000 internally displaced persons by increasing capacity in the land tenure system, and the modernization of the cadastral map and titling system.
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Rising to the call: Good practices in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines
This book provides reference documents of good practices and integration and the use of local knowledge and action to mitigate the impacts of disasters.
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Ready or not: Pakistan’s resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
150 Oxfam Briefing Paper:
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Sistematización de experiencias de integración de reducción de riesgos de desastres en proyectos de medios de vida
Como parte de su programación en Haití (y resto de El Caribe), Oxfam ha venido implementado diferentes proyectos para la reducción de riesgos de desastres, especialmente de seguridad alimentaria y promoción de me- dios de vida sostenibles.
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Women leadership in disaster risk management
This handbook re-examines the role of women in disaster risk management in the practical context of Bangladesh. In this handbook, an attempt was made to illustrate their achievements along with their risks in a very easy and communicable way.
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Six months into the floods: resetting Pakistan's priorities through reconstruction
Oxfam briefing paper 144:
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Haitians talk about rebuilding the country after the January 12, 2010 earthquake
This document reports on an opinion poll undertaken with the objective of defining Haitians' perception (from diverse social classes) on several topics related to the post-earthquake situation. It is intended to help develop advocacy and appeal tools in order to help local, state, and non-state actors take ownership of post-earthquake reconstruction processes.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.oxfam.org/en/
[email protected]
+44 1865339100
Fax:
+44 1865339101