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Research report

Roadmap for Feminist Local Humanitarian Leadership

14/01/2026

3 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender and power inequalities continue to shape humanitarian responses in Asia, both within crisis-affected communities and within the humanitarian system itself. These inequalities are deeply rooted, intersectional, and often reinforced by top-down international approaches. This roadmap sets out Oxfam in Asia’s commitment to a feminist, locally led humanitarian system that centres crisis-affected people and recognizes […]

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Briefing paper

How to increase taxes on fossil fuel profits

19/12/2025

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

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Taxing excess profits, both in the fossil fuel industry and the overall corporate sector, is essential to restructure the economy to tackle climate breakdown, reduce inequality and make rich polluters pay. This briefing paper sets out Oxfam’s proposal for two taxes: a Rich Polluter Profit Tax (RPPT) on fossil fuel corporations, and an Excess Profit […]

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Research report

Beyond Aid in Ghana

08/12/2025

1 documents

55 pages long

Languages: English

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Beyond Aid in Ghana sketches the evolution of aid in Ghana as the country assumed a lower middle-income status in its development agenda. It seeks to understand the realities of this trajectory in a milieu of dwindling aid. The report offers an alternative with a focus on domestic revenue mobilisation and emphasises a shift away […]

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Research report

Kenya’s Inequality Crisis: The great economic divide

04/12/2025

2 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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The Status of Inequality in Kenya 2025 report provides a comprehensive analysis of inequality trends in income, wealth, and access to essential public services such as health and education. It highlights how deepening disparities in public service delivery continue to shape social and economic outcomes and offers bold policy recommendations to advance equality and inclusive growth. This report comes at […]

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Research report

Intersectional Feminism: A Primer

04/12/2025

2 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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English Description: This primer introduces the concept of intersectional feminism and serves as a guiding document for Oxfam America staff. Intersectional feminism explores multiple and intertwined systems of oppression such as patriarchy, racism, and capitalism through three core pillars: gender, race/ethnicity, and class. Intersectional feminism is crucial to the work of Oxfam America because of […]

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Briefing note

From the fringes to the forefront: Refugee leadership within Uganda’s humanitarian coordination mechanisms

27/11/2025

1 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing note examines refugee leadership in humanitarian coordination in Uganda, a country widely recognised for its progressive refugee policies and its leadership in promoting refugee participation. Uganda’s legal framework provides a strong foundation for inclusion, although gaps remain in practice due to barriers such as limited funding, information gaps, and language challenges. This can […]

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Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation of the Rights in Crisis Programme 2023

26/11/2025

1 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam Pilipinas commissioned an impact evaluation of its Rights in Crisis (RIC) programme. The evaluation assessed the impact of RIC in reducing vulnerabilities and strengthening resilience in withstanding disasters and its post-disaster effect. It looked at the overall design of the RIC, including the individual designs of projects under the programme, to determine its relevance, […]

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Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation of Strengthening Harmonized Action for Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, and Recovery (SHARPER) Project

26/11/2025

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents findings and recommendations from the independent impact evaluation commissioned by Oxfam Pilipinas of its Strengthening Harmonized Action for Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, and Recovery (SHARPER) Project (Phase 1) that it implemented with local partners within the provinces of Catanduanes and Eastern Samar in the Philippines. The evaluation focused on assessing SHARPER’s gains […]

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Briefing paper

A Vision for a just Cymru: How the Senedd can fight injustice and inequality while protecting people and the planet

25/11/2025

2 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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This paper sets out Oxfam Cymru’s priorities for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) and the next Welsh Government in the run-up to, and following, the Welsh election in May 2026. It presents 34 ambitious but achievable policy proposals—using the full scope of devolved powers—across four interconnected pillars of justice: Economic, Social, Climate, and Global. Each pillar […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist perspectives on beyond GDP in Asia

24/11/2025

2 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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Asia's rapid GDP growth masks severe costs, including displacement, environmental depletion, and high inequality. A shift beyond GDP is essential, and alternatives must be feminist, ecologically just, and decolonial. While Asia explores wellbeing metrics, most merely complement GDP, failing to challenge the growth paradigm or address systemic injustices fundamentally. True transformation requires an equity- and […]

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