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Although the region has experienced economic growth, the bottom 70% have seen their income share fall while the share for the top 10% has increased rapidly. Low wages and a lack of rights at work, particularly for women, […] View resource Briefing paper Women and the 1%: How extreme economic inequality and gender inequality must be tackled together 11/04/2016 6 documents 34 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Decent work Discrimination Economic empowerment Education Gender equality Gender justice Health care Political capture Public spending Social care Taxation Unpaid care Overview Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in extreme economic inequality. Those at the top of the income scale have received a disproportionate share of the gains of global growth. This risks further entrenching gender inequality and funnelling the gains from women’s labour to those already at the top. Too often women are in low […] View resource Briefing paper A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar 24/03/2016 2 documents 9 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance Gender inequality Gender-responsive budgeting Governance Women's rights Overview A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits Finding Ways Together to Build Resilience: The Vulnerability and Risk Assessment methodology 15/01/2016 1 documents 53 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Climate change adaptation Development Food security gender Landscape Livelihoods Resilience Risk Social groups Vulnerability Overview Oxfam’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) tool develops a holistic, landscape-wide understanding of vulnerability and links up actors across various levels of governance to jointly identify and analyse root causes of vulnerabilities for distinct social groups and later design programmes and risk reduction initiatives accordingly, ensuring that they are equitable, gender-sensitive and effective. Attention to […] View resource Briefing paper Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers? 09/12/2015 2 documents 28 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Garment industry Labour standards Overview In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […] View resource Journal article Reinvigorating resilience: violence against women, land rights, and the women’s peace movement in Myanmar 23/11/2015 16 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Burma Conflict GaD gender Gender and Development Journal Gender-based violence Land rights Peace Resilience Violence Against Women Overview In Myanmar, movements for gender justice strive to foster personal and collective security, vibrant livelihoods, and political engagement during a period of rapid and uncertain transition. This article draws from the experience of the Gender Equality Network (GEN), a coalition of over 100 organisations in Myanmar. It examines three cases in which GEN sought to […] View resource Annual report SeedsGROW Progress Report: Harvesting global food security and justice in the face of climate change 30/09/2015 1 documents 77 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Climate change adaptation Community building Economic growth Food prices Food production Food reserves Food security FP2P From Poverty to Power Land rights SD=HS SDHS Seeds SeedsGROW Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Women farmers Overview This first progress report for the five-year Sida programme provides a comprehensive review of programme activities, progress towards outcomes, risks encountered and lessons learned in the first 18 months – from 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2015. It also discusses adjustments required to Year 2 implementation as a result of these findings. SeedsGROW – thanks […] View resource Discussion paper Deepening Democracy in Myanmar: What role for public financial management in deepening social accountability and promoting legitimate governance? 30/09/2015 1 documents 28 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Governance Peacebuilding Public financial manangement Overview This discussion paper outlines some of the challenges and opportunities for public financial management (PFM) reform in contributing to deeper social accountability and legitimate governance in the context of Myanmar’s wider decentralization and peace process. The paper poses a set of key questions for development actors to consider as they seek to support inclusive reform […] View resource Issue briefing In Work But Trapped in Poverty: A summary of five studies conducted by Oxfam, with updates on progress along the road to a living wage 29/09/2015 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Decent work Living wage Overview Oxfam believes that access to decent work on a living wage is a fundamental pathway out of poverty, and one of the best ways to counter growing inequality. This summary of recent Oxfam research in Morocco, Kenya, Malawi, Vietnam and Myanmar paints a picture of workers, mostly women, who are working hard but trapped in […] View resource Briefing paper Harmless Harvest: How sustainable agriculture can help ASEAN countries adapt to a changing climate 25/05/2015 1 documents 22 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations Climate change adaptation Food security Greenhouse gas emissions Natural resources Smallholder agriculture Overview A better way of growing food is the best bet against climate change for Southeast Asia’s small-scale food producers. Sustainable agriculture – agriculture that can meet the needs of present and future generations, ensures the efficient production of safe, high-quality agricultural products in a way that protects the natural environment, and improves on the economic […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know