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Case study

Roma Organisations: Capacity building

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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Capacity-building work with the poorest community in Europe, the Roma, has enhanced advocacy, lobbying and negotiating skills that have led to improved interaction with local authorities on education and discrimination.

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Case study

From Moratorium to a Convention on Small Arms: A change in politics and practices for the 15 member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

14/06/2008

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The ECOWAS moratorium on small arms entered into force in 1998. Although significant, it was not binding on states. This paper describes how civil society action across West Africa has succeeded in transforming the moratorium into a legally-binding regional convention on small arms control. Through a series of regional workshops organised by civil society organisations, […]

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Case study

Russia: Economic marginalisation

14/06/2008

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is working with local authorities to help to revise perceptions of poverty and social exclusion and to create a ‘can do’ approach so that people can respond to their own needs.

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Case study

Papua New Guinea (PNG): Land Rights

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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There is significant pressure to reform land ownership systems in Papua New Guinea on the premise that customary title is an impediment to development. There is growing unrest as local populations are unable to access their ancestral lands. Matrilineal system of land inheritance exists in the Pacific. There is no guarantee that women will be […]

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Case study

Indigenous People’s Education: Mindanao, the Philippines

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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Indigenous education improves the Pulangiyen quality of life and provides a model for the promotion of culture-based education throughout the country.

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Briefing paper

Credibility Crunch: Food, poverty, and climate change: an agenda for rich country leaders

13/06/2008

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Danish, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

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The year 2008 is halfway to the deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Despite some progress, they will not be achieved if current trends continue. Aid promises are predicted to be missed by $30bn, at a potential cost of 5 million lives. Starting with the G8 meeting in Japan, rich countries must use a […]

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Issue briefing

Statement in Response to Announcement of Households Below Average Income Statistics by Department of Work and Pensions

10/06/2008

1 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is dismayed that the latest Department of Work and Pension statistics (Households Below Average Income) show there has been a rise of 100,000 in the number of children living in poverty and that 300,000 more pensioners are now living in poverty.

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Briefing note

The Time is Now: How world leaders should respond to the food price crisis

03/06/2008

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Global food prices are up 83 per cent compared with three years ago. The resulting food price crisis constitutes an unprecedented threat to the livelihoods and well-being of millions of rural and urban households who are net food buyers. Around the world, Oxfam International and many of its partners have seen soaring prices force people […]

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Technical briefing

Repairing, Cleaning and Disinfecting Hand Dug Wells

03/06/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Hand dug wells may need repairing, cleaning and disinfecting after inundation by flood water, inundation of seawater as in the case of a tsunami, materials entering as the result of mudslides or as a result of hurricanes, or simply after long periods of limited maintenance or neglect. If work has been undertaken on the well […]

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Technical briefing

Septic Tank Guidelines

03/06/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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A septic tank takes raw sewage in, allows the solids to settle (sludge) and allows the remaining liquid to flow into the surrounding soil by means of a soakaway. Scum on the surface is also prevented from leaving the tank. Microorganisms in the anaerobic environment in the tank digest the sludge and scum. The system […]

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