New Zealand Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crises of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

25 Nov 2021

6 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a global pandemic existing in all social groups across the globe, yet it has largely been ignored in the COVID-19 response and recovery plans. It is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified GBV, including domestic violence and intimate partner violence amongst other forms of violations, but the investments in […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy that Works for Women: Achieving women’s economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world

02 Mar 2017

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Women’s economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care […]

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Briefing paper

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Safe havens needed for refugees from Syria

16 Dec 2016

5 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam’s research shows that less than three percent of the Syrian refugee population have actually arrived in rich countries through resettlement programmes. By analysing resettlement policies and practices in eight key countries, looking at capacity (i.e. investment in staff and facilities), security procedures, resettlement criteria and the general political climate towards refugees, this paper shows […]

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Media briefing

Custodians of the Land, Defenders of our Future: A new era in the global land rush

26 Sep 2016

4 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to […]

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Journal article

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

07 Nov 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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Research report

Quality Educators: An International Study of Teacher Competences and Standards

01 May 2011

3 documents

167 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This study interviews teachers and many other stakeholders in eight countries about the development and implementation of quality standards for primary school teachers as well as reviewing the literature about competence-based teacher education. The report provides a conceptual framework and an evidence base about the use of competence profiles to enable quality educators and serves […]

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Education resource

Global Music Lessons for ages 7-11

08 Sep 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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Journal article

Adult learning and literacy learning for livelihoods: some international perspectives

01 Feb 2007

10 pages long

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Reflecting contemporary interest in developing new adult literacy learning programmes based on ‘literacy for livelihoods’, this article examines some case studies from New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Egypt, illustrating literacy being used in livelihoods, and relates these to the kind of literacy being taught in many adult literacy programmes today. It argues that people often change […]

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Journal article

Research Round-up

01 Aug 2003

15 pages long

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Research round-up based on ‘Social capital: red herring or right on? the Jamaican perspective’ and ‘Maori community-based sustainable development: a research progress report’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01 Jul 2000

6 pages long

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Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

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This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

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