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Briefing paper

Fuelling the Fire: How the UN Security Council’s Permanent Members are undermining their own commitments on Syria

11/03/2016

5 documents

36 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

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March 2016 marks five years of upheaval and conflict in Syria – conflict that has reduced lives to shadows and cities to rubble. The Syrian government and its allies, as well as armed opposition and extremist groups, bear the primary and direct responsibility for the horrific reality that Syria’s civilians face on this grim anniversary. […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy For the 1%: How privilege and power in the economy drive extreme inequality and how this can be stopped

18/01/2016

10 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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The global inequality crisis is reaching new extremes. The richest 1% now have more wealth than the rest of the world combined. Power and privilege is being used to skew the economic system to increase the gap between the richest and the rest. A global network of tax havens further enables the richest individuals to […]

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Issue briefing

For Richer or Poorer: The capture of growth and politics in emerging economies

25/09/2015

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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The emerging economies Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Turkey – in short, the BRICSAMIT – have come to be considered the economic powerhouses of recent decades. Not only have these countries managed to reduce poverty; most have embarked on a steep economic growth path and play an increasingly influential role on […]

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Journal article

Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

03/08/2015

18 pages long

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Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

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While most emerging economies have been characterised by persistence/growth of interhousehold economic inequality in recent decades, and simultaneous poor performance on gender equality, the intersecting relationship between these two trends so far has not received much attention. This article is an initial attempt look at this relationship, showing how gender inequality has both contributed to, and been affected by, […]

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Briefing note

Asia at a Crossroads: Why the region must address inequality now

20/01/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Asia is at a Crossroads. Rising inequality poses a dire threat to continued prosperity in Asia, where an estimated 500 million people remain trapped in extreme poverty, most of them women and girls. The huge gap between rich and poor hinders economic growth, undermines democratic institutions and can trigger conflict. If Asia’s policymakers hold tight […]

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Journal article

Lessons, challenges, and successes while working on the ‘Triangle’ of education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health

20/03/2014

13 pages long

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Lessons, challenges, and successes while working on the ‘Triangle’ of education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health

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This article focuses on the lessons, challenges, and successes Oxfam has observed while working on the ‘Triangle’ of quality education, gender justice, and sexual and reproductive health. The article argues that linking education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health can be effective. However, to ensure we work effectively and sustainably on the Triangle, we need […]

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Journal article

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

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Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

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Issue briefing

Growing disruption: Climate change, food, and the fight against hunger

23/09/2013

6 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing paper explores how the failure to tackle climate change threatens all aspects of food security – availability, access, utilisation, and stability. The changing climate is already jeopardising gains in the fight against hunger, and it looks set to worsen. It threatens the production and distribution of food. It threatens people’s ability to access […]

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Issue briefing

Inequality Matters: BRICS inequalities fact sheet

14/03/2013

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that reducing inequality is fundamental to fair and sustainable development. This fact sheet outlines trends in key dimensions of socio-economic inequality in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), looking especially at education, gender, health, social expenditure and environmental sustainability. The BRICS countries have growing influence in the global economy, […]

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