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Strengthening the African Women's Movement The overall goal of this project is to improve African Women's Development and Communication Network's (FEMNET's) capabilities to strengthen their membership ties so as to work closely with them to inform, mobilise and connect African women and girls for realisation of gender equality and women's empowerment. FEMNET is a Pan -African umbrella organisation aiming to strengthen the role and contribution of African Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and individual activists focusing on women's rights, gender equality and women's empowerment.  As a network, FEMNET facilitates the sharing of information, experiences, ideas and strategies among African women's NGOs and individual activists as a strategy for strengthening women's capacity to participate effectively in the development processes at different levels in Africa  Through this project, interventions will: i. Build the capacities of members in policy advocacy and influencing in order to hold their governments accountable to gender equality and women's rights commitments using existing frameworks including the Maputo Protocol, Beijing Platform for Action and the Post -2015 Development Framework.  ii. Create and manage platforms for members to share information, ideas, strategies and experiences for networking, cross -learning, enhancing collaboration and complementarity  iii. Strengthen the effective functioning and operation of FEMNET's Secretariat.  The following five results will be achieved:  1. FEMNET is able to mobilise, coordinate and carry out joint policy and advocacy with its members from different African countries. 2. FEMNET members have the capacity to effectively influence policies on women's rights and gender equality in their respective countries 3. FEMNET members use emerging Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to tell their stories and contribute to the body of knowledge on women's rights and gender equality in Africa and globally 4. African women know about their rights and gender equal
WE CAN CAMPAIGN This project is a continuation of the project HECA63, titled We Can Campaign -Regional Campaigns.    This is a pilot VAW campaign project in Kenya and Tanzania.  This project covers only the regional coordination according to the attached project proposal
Enough! Taking Positive Action to End Sexual & Gender Based Violence in Liberia 1) Mobilize communities for policy dialogue and advocacy, especially around the passage and implementation of a domestic violence law; 2) Build expertise on transformative leadership for women's rights using a blended learning model that includes training, south -south exchange, mentorship, and learning by doing. 3) Support planned and ad hoc advocacy by women's groups during policy windows and around high profile Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases; 4) Provide emergency services and counselling to survivors and conduct exploratory research and pilots to identify alternative models for more sustainable safe housing options; 5) Engage men and boys around harmful masculinities and inequitable gender norms; 6) Engage whole families and communities in the adoption and promotion of gender equity values such as equal power relations, active fatherhood, empathy and actions that promote mutual respect; 7) Design and implement evidence based Enough! Campaign activities; 8) Provide some limited support for women's income generating activities.
WAF Food Security: Advocacy for adapted information systems and response The programme seeks to advocate and campaign for adequate policies that will enhance food security of poor people, at regional level. It will give support to countries programmes, particularly in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria for improving the responses to food crises and ensuring the reduction of food insecurity through the establisment of good food information system, social protection programmes and adapted food reserves. In case of an outbreak of food crises in the region, its management becomes a priority.
INVESTING IN PARTNERSHIPS IN SAF The main aim is to consolidate the partnership framework and preposition partners to be fit  for purpose in terms of actualising the ambition of being a cluster that is very partner led. The model will work closely with partners, who will be at the fore on delivering on the 3 thematic areas of Southern Africa (SAF). Further the approach will also foster cross learning between Oxfam and partners and it is through this learning that centres of excellence will emerge especially in research, advocacy and influencing which is the main approach for the cluster.
S.I.D.A-funded Regional Control Arms project This project covers activities implemented by Regional partners of Oxfam GB West Africa small arms control programme funded by Swedish government.  The 3 year  programme funded by Swedish International Cooperation and Development Agency (S.I.D.A) aims to increase security environment in West Africa conducive to development. The programme has four main components implemented trough partners: research, capacity building, campaign, arms for development (micro -projects). Regional partners (WAANSA, PANAFSTRAG, UNREC,WANEP) will mainly implement activities around Research and Capacity building of CSO on small arms issues. SCO3.2
Regional Pastoral Research, Communications, Cross-Border and Capacity Building This project is part of the Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP), and complements and co -ordinates and provides strategic leadership to work at national/local level. It has four main elements:    - research and poverty monitoring,    - communications work to change attitudes towards pastoralism,    - cross -border and cross -regional activities,    - capacity building of staff and partners.   The RPI's long -term aim is to reduce marginalisation in pastoral areas and strengthen institutional accountability, but it also has a range of other outcomes across the SCOs.
Caravan of Hope - continental planning meeting The Caravan of Hope project has been conceptualised by PACJA ( Pan African Climate Justice Alliance). An inter -state taskforce with three representatives from each participating country has been established to manage the caravan. This support will ensure a planning meeting in Nairobi with representatives from 8 countries + others to finalise operational plan including political strategy, messaging, media and communication strategy and the logistics. Money will be spent on flights, accommodation and other logistics related to this meeting.
Pilot Handwashing Promotion in Urban Emergencies implemented in West Africa A consultant(s) will be identified to lead to the process to identify primary communication channels in each of the urban areas and to develop persuasive message to promote handwashing at key times.
Strengthening the resilience of communities affected by Ebola disease The project to carry out the following activities:    - Water trucking in health facilities and clinics have the development work underway for 1 month;   -Manage the rainwater harvesting system in 6 Health centers (Centre de santé – CS) and 28 schools;   -Rehabilitation of 35 nozzle wells/review of manual drilling with reservoirs in 35 Health centers (Centre de santé – CS);   -Construction of latrine blocks for 6 Health centers (Centre de santé – CS) and 28 schools, shower doors, incinerators for 6 Health centers (Centre de santé – CS);   -Construction of pits in Planceta, garbage holes for 15 Health centers (Centre de santé – CS);   -Installation of hand washing facilities and distribution of sanitation and cleaning kits;   -Briefing on feminine hygiene for girls in schools, training: Community Animation Unit (Cellule d'Animation Communautaire – CAC) members, SNHR, management and maintenance of books, School Brigade for Health and Environment (Brigade Scolaire pour la Santé et l'Environnement  -BSSE), women's associations, school communities, teachers and directors;   -Mass awareness campaign, through open radios, sketches, competitions, (door to door ebola), special day of Ecuador, video  -forum;
Emergency Response in WASH in support of migrants from Libya in Dirkou (Agadez) This project aims at responding to the huge and urgent needs emerging at Dirkou following the influx of migrants from Libya.   Together with our partners and other stakeholders, we would like to jointly address issues pertaining to the immediate needs of migrants from Libya.   Since the massive return of migrants from Libye, Dirkou has become compulsory passage for thousands of Nigeriens. In the quest to flee from suffering, they come to Dirkou empty handed and have to travel long distance without water, sanitation, basic needs and food.  Oxfam GB would like to respond these needs to the migrants and to the community at large.
HECA Food Crisis Response - Somalia The aim of this initial grant is for the rapid setup of programme activities in Somaliland. This will encompass the team being deployed on March 18th as well as start -up of programme activities on WASH and Food Security.It will contribute towards the global budget prepared for the response. Estimated that 28,500 people will receive assistance through this CAT Fund allocation especially with regards to provision of clean drinking water and hygiene support.
Protecting human rights- promoting economic and climate justice- Southern Africa The project will be implemented from 1 September 2021 to 31 July 2023. It will be implemented in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and countries falling in the Sothern Africa Development Committee. Local communities and Indigenous peoples will be at the center of decision -making processes in relation to their lands and resources, and development priorities. The program will be in strategic partnerships with Regional entities like Southern Africa Development Committee Parliamentary Forum and its Executive Secretariat. The project is targeting the mining affected communities, Southern African citizens, civil society organizations, government, regional bodies, corporates and will aiming to reach a total of 5000 beneficiaries, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique over project period  It will be implemented through direct implementation and, in partnership with regional entities like Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretariat, CSOs(Civil Society Organizations) and is aiming to  achieve the following outcomes by 2023 :  On Human Rights and Communities: People from extractive -industry affected communities – especially women, Indigenous peoples and those most marginalized from decision -making processes – are able to fully realize and defend their rights  -focusing on corporate awareness raising on Free and Prior informed Consent (FPIC) with regional bodies, large corporates and large CSO networks; gender equality and social inclusion training (GESI); and engaging governments and companies on results and their policy implications. With regard to Economic Justice and accountable Governance: Governments are more transparent and accountable in the generation, collection and expenditure of revenues from the extractives industries and they also maximize opportunities for local participation and linkages to wider economy - focusing on regional  information disclosure policies; consensus around prior
International Advocacy on Women's Land and Property Rights The project will focus on three pillars: 1. Better informed and more debate among opinion shapers; 2. Clear propositions and arguments for change being felt in the decision making processes around framework and guidelines of multilateral institutions; and 3. Tested and improved tools for monitoring and holding duty bearers accountable for implementation international agreements are being used and made available to the responsible institutions. To achieve the above, Oxfam will deploy a core team focused on women's land and property rights issues, who will work with others in the Oxfam Confederation and with a range of allies. Research will draw on existing work and add new evidence and case materials to inform and substantiate arguments. Support to coalitions of allies and inputs to key debates, expert and public, will build more voices for women's land and property rights. Sustained high level advocacy, linked to real experiences and involving the voices of those directly affected, that strategically engages with a range of the key decision making processes will contribute to change. A critical assessment, from a women's rights perspective, of monitoring tools and the further testing of these tools, will provide evidence of what needs to be done and also of the usefulness of those tools. The project will build the commitment and expertise of Oxfam and allies to continue to sustain change and make the international commitments real in the lives of rural women.
Reseaching Cholera - supporting LSHTM Oxfam will provide logistical and administrative support to London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The main objective of this collaboration is to ensure that the fieldwork and data collection related to the impact evaluation aforementioned are conducted smoothly and timely.  The support provided by OXFAM will result in the fieldwork for the impact evaluation being efficiently implemented according to schedule, in a reasonably safe environment, with the expected resources, in accordance to local regulations and with local health authorities and communities participation.
We-Care III: Pan-Africa Programme The WE -Care grant will support Oxfam to build effective advocacy approaches to transform unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). The project will support: advocacy for policy commitments on UCDW at national, regional and international levels; engagement with national governments on policy -making and budget -setting processes to consider access to care -supporting infrastructure and services; and strengthened representation of women's and youth organisations in policy -making and budget -making processes on care. The project will emphasise generating and sharing learning, with ongoing reflection and learning processes throughout the programme cycle – ultimately creating a more conducive environment for policy change on UCDW, with women's and youth movements better equipped for effective influencing.
Strengthening the Women's Rights Movement in Africa - PMU (cont. of PSIA92) FEMNET, also known as the African Women's Development and Communication Network, is a feminist organisation established in 1988 to promote women's development across Africa. The organisation aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and individual activists who focus on women's rights, gender equality, women's empowerment, and the participation of women in development processes at different levels across the continent.   As a co -applicant with FEMNET for a European Commission grant, Oxfam Great Britain (GB) will be supporting FEMNET in its work to achieve effectiveness and impact of regional and country organisations on women's rights in three countries: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia. The focus will be on improved relationships and engagements between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and policy -makers, a stronger and more vibrant women's movement in Africa, and lastly on ensuring that women's rights in Africa are recognised in key policy and development frameworks. More specifically, Oxfam GB's collaboration with FEMNET will seek to:  i. Strengthen the effective functioning and operation of FEMNET's Secretariat.  ii. Improve the capacity of members in policy advocacy and influencing on women's rights and gender equality and enhance collaboration, networking and sharing of information among FEMNET members and Oxfam partners.  This is a regional multi -country programme involving Oxfam GB in Rwanda, DRC and Ethiopia. This specific project, however, represents the above -country Multi Country Programme (MCP) coordination work of the Programme Management Unit (PMU). It is a continuation of the previous PMU project PSIA92, which reaches its 5 -year limit before the current contract end date (Dec 2023, now that the European Union (EU) has granted a 1 -year no -cost extension) .
HECA WASH Innovation Project - Improved Drought Monitoring The project will develop a monitoring system for water systems (availability, supply/demand, and market indicators) as part of an early warning system for drought within Kenya, Ethiopia and Somaliland.  The objective is to establish trigger levels that will mark the transition into drought conditions, allowing for a timelier drought response.
Oxfam International West African Humanitarian Partnership The purpose of this 21 -month programme (1st of July 2009 to 31st of March 2011) is to provide timely, appropriate and proportionate humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable crisis -affected populations (women, children, men) in 10 countries in West Africa: .Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia.  Oxfam GB, together with 5 Oxfam International affiliates and their partners, will provide comprehensive humanitarian preparedness and response support for all rapid and slow onset emergency categories,  according to Oxfam International response criteria.
Regional Climate Change Project This project will build community, civil society and government capacity to understand and respond to climate change in Southern Africa. It will support Southern African voices to be heard in the international climate change negotiations. It will build and support regional and Pan -Africa networks.     The project will also define a regional climate change strategy and programme for Oxfam in SAF, as well as building Oxfam country team capacity understand and respond to climate change.
ACCRA NDC Quick Start Guide The purpose of this project is to support the Government of Uganda with planning for implementation of its nationally determined contribution (NDC) and develop a shared understanding of Uganda's current readiness in relation to mitigation, adaptation, finance, governance and monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) with a cross cutting gender lens.  The project team will work with the Government of Uganda to apply the Quick -Start Guide and accompanying Reference Manual, in order to help identify what actions are needed and what the priorities might be for inclusion in Uganda's NDC implementation plan.
African Inequality Report for World Economic Forum Oxfam has commissioned a consultant to research and write an 8 -10 page paper on extractives and inequality in Africa. The paper is intended to frame Oxfam's engagement and advocacy at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2014 (WEF Africa 2014) to be held from 7 -9 May 2014, in Abuja Nigeria. Specifically, the paper will provide the evidence for key messages on the link between extractives and inequality in Africa for use in developing key media products ahead of and during WEF Africa 2014. The paper will also provide a basis for discussions at a planned high level event to be hosted by Oxfam on 7 May in Abuja.
Ethiopia Somaliland Cross border Community Managed Drought Resilience Project The project will try to contribute to cross border coordination between the Ethiopia - Somaliland governments and community institutions, strengthen access to strategic grazing and water resources by vulnerable communities build the capacity of communities to plan and implement drought risk management strategies and create opportunity and benefit to women on complementary and alternative livelihoods created to reduce the impact of drought.
Regional learning from experiences of health care payment exemptions in Ghana The project is a research study on all health fees exemptions which aims at enabling member countries, with a focus on Ghana, to document reasons for countries introducing various health exemption policies by chronicling in detail the various procedures adopted in introducing such polices and indicating their effects and sustainability. It involves taking an inventory of all exemptions over the years, analyze them according to a given format, select one of them and conduct a detail analysis to share with partner countries for the purpose of learning.
Economic Justice in West Africa This project is part of the Oxfam International Economic Justice Campaign. In West Africa, it is included into the Economic Justice Campaign for West Africa, which is aligned to SCO 1.1. The project aims to support the coordination and communication of Economic Justice campaign activities in West Africa, and the implementation of national and regional activities, in order to increase investment in the  food and agricultural sector  that is in coherence with trade policies and takes into account the impact of climate change.
West Africa Water Sanitation and Health (WASH) cluster enhancement This project aims to improve the function of WASH clusters in countries where it has been activated in West Africa. By improving the function of wash cluster we aim to have a positive impact on the quality, quantity, timeliness and appropriateness of Public Health programming designed and implemented for disaster affected communities. This project will also have a smaller but significant focus on the quality of Oxfam Public Health programming in our country programmes and improve our coordination with other major Public Health actors across the region. SCO 3.1.
Coordination of Support on Foundational Programme Quality in West Africa This project aims at contributing to the transformative impact at scale in the region, by facilitating the development, planning, implementation and learning from quality programmes. This project, by nature, will not deliver quality programming, but will support country and regional programmes to know, to have capacity and to have conducive environment and space to implement organisational foundational programme quality requirements. Those requirements are on Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (PMEAL), information management, Partnership, Systems support, mainly.
Strengthening the Women's Rights Movement in Africa - PMU (FEMNET Partnership) FEMNET, also known as the African Women's Development and Communication Network, is a feminist organisation established in 1988 to promote women's development across Africa. The organisation aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African Non -Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and individual activists who focus on women's rights, gender equality, women's empowerment, and the participation of women in development processes at different levels across the continent.   As a co -applicant with FEMNET for a European Commission grant, Oxfam GB will be supporting FEMNET in its work to achieve effectiveness and impact of regional and country organisations on women's rights in three countries: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia. The focus will be on improved relationships and engagements between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and policy -makers, a stronger and more vibrant women's movement in Africa, and lastly on ensuring that women's rights in Africa are recognised in key policy and development frameworks. More specifically, Oxfam GB's collaboration with FEMNET will seek to:  i. Strengthen the effective functioning and operation of FEMNET's Secretariat.  ii. Improve the capacity of members in policy advocacy and influencing on women's rights and gender equality and enhance collaboration, networking and sharing of information among FEMNET members and Oxfam partners.  This is a regional multi -country programme involving Oxfam GB in Rwanda, DRC and Ethiopia. This specific project, however, represents the above -country MCP coordination work of the Programme Management Unit (PMU).
Strengthening Humanitarian Capabilities in Southern Africa This investment will support the strengthening of capabilities within SAf's Aim3 Rights in Crisis work through enhancing the technical abilities of the country Humanitarian Programme Coordinators (HPCs), including urban disaster risk management (DRM) and pre -positioning strategic humanitarian partnerships.