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Discussion paper

Disaster Risk Reduction Makes Development Sustainable

15/01/2014

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Governments and institutions must place risk reduction at the centre of the post-2015 development agenda, to ensure that disasters do not derail development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must contain: A disaster reduction target; Disaster risk reduction integrated across other targets; Commitment of countries to measure risk and account for disaster losses; and A specific […]

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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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Briefing paper

A Cautionary Tale: The true cost of austerity and inequality in Europe

12/09/2013

32 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

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European austerity programmes have dismantled the mechanisms that reduce inequality and enable equitable growth. With inequality and poverty on the rise, Europe is facing a lost decade. An additional 15 to 25 million people across Europe could face the prospect of living in poverty by 2025 if austerity measures continue. Oxfam knows this because it […]

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Journal article

Better than the sum of our parts? Reflections on gender mainstreaming in a confederation

07/11/2012

12 pages long

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Better than the sum of our parts? Reflections on gender mainstreaming in a confederation

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This article looks at some realities and lessons from Oxfam as a confederation of non-government organisations, working together on gender inequality. It looks at how the individual affiliates have gone about strengthening our collective contribution to transformation of gender and power relations in the different environments we work in, and reflects on learning that can […]

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Journal article

Introduction: post-disaster humanitarian work

25/06/2012

12 pages long

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Introduction: post-disaster humanitarian work

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Journal article

Women and the 2011 East Japan Disaster

25/06/2012

11 pages long

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This article describes the gender issues that have emerged after the earthquake and tsunami that hit East Japan in March 2011, and how the government and society responded to these issues. The gender issues that emerged were not new; rather, they repeated what had already happened following earlier emergencies in Japan, indicating a failure on […]

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Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

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Book

Climate Change Liability: Transnational law and practice

03/12/2011

8 documents

710 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate change liability implicates a growing range of actors, including governments, industry, businesses, non-governmental organisations, […]

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Journal article

Revisiting the Paris Declaration Agenda – an inclusive, realistic orientation for aid effectiveness

01/09/2011

11 pages long

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Aid effectiveness

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The progress in endeavours to achieve the commitments of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness has been slow. This paper explains the challenges faced by the aid effectiveness agenda and discusses why and how it needs to be revisited. In order to elucidate the differences in donors’ approaches to aid effectiveness, a comparison is made […]

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Education resource

Global Music Lessons for ages 11-14

08/09/2007

5 documents

Languages: English

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Designed to tie in with Oxjam, these activities celebrate music from across the globe. Choose from numerous stand-alone lessons, offering opportunities for singing, performing, composing, improvising, listening, and appraising. You can also explore rhythm, timbre, texture, structure, and pitch by using music from many cultures and countries. Resources have also been created for ages 5-7, […]

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