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The Emerging Role of Youth in the Transboundary Water Governance in South Asia

Oxfam, through the TROSA Programme, promotes regional collaboration among South Asia's youth groups to strengthen cooperation on water management in transboundary waters.

Oxfam in Asia - Learning - Water Governance - Brahmaputra Meghna River Basins

Strengthening communities’ collective action for inclusive water governance in Brahmaputra & Meghna Basins

Oxfam initiated Nodi Boithok where civil society organizations and local vulnerable communities of Brahmaputra and Meghna river basins collectively work to identify water governance challenges and opportunities at the grassroots level.

Oxfam in Asia - Learning brief - Water Governance - Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River

Evidence-based advocacy for inclusive fisheries governance across Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins

Oxfam and partners have started a voluntary reporting system ‘Hilsa Watch’, engaging 480 fishers and 55 young volunteers from two strategically selected locations in Meghna and Brahmaputra river basins.

Oxfam in Asia - Press Release - ADB Annual Meetings Fiji 2019

Financing the future we need

While the threats and risks the Asia Pacific face from climate change are well known, the recent IPCC report tells us the worst is yet to come. We urge Asia Pacific leaders gathering at the ADB Meetings in Fiji to build a resilient, inclusive and climate-just Asia Pacific.

Water Governance in the Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA)

Oxfam works with riverine communities in the transboundary Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins to ensure that they are able to uphold their rights, build their resilience, and participate in water resource management.

Oxfam - Mekong Regional Water Governance - Gender Impact Assessment Manual

Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development

Oxfam's Mekong Regional Water Governance program developed Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) Manual for hydropower and consulting companies involved in social and environmental impact assessments on dams.

Rice Farmers Serving Happiness to Every Table Except Theirs

90 percent of the world’s rice is grown in Asia, but things are getting worse for the 400 million rice farmers in the region.

A Memory of Water Scarcity, From River in Tibetan Plateau to the Pink River

WBAB, with support from Oxfam, is working to address water governance issues, participating in capacity building training and learning exchanges in Asia.

Gender and Water Governance in the Mekong Region

Women play a critical role in providing, managing and safeguarding water resources. This makes it necessary to identify solutions to enhance their participation in water governance at different levels. Poor understanding of the distinct roles and contributions of men and women often leads to a lack...

Oxfam in Asia - Press Release - Biggest-ever waste treatment plant in a refugee camp

Biggest-ever waste treatment plant in a refugee camp is ‘step forward’ for safer human waste disposal in emergencies

Oxfam has opened the largest human waste treatment plant ever built in a refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The industrial-scale plant, funded by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, can process the waste of 150,000 people.

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