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Briefing paper

UK Supermarket Supply Chains: Ending the human suffering behind our food

21/06/2018

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Inequality is rampant across the global economy, and the agro-food sector is no exception. At the top, big supermarkets and other corporate food giants dominate global food markets, allowing them to squeeze value from vast supply chains that span the globe, while at the bottom the bargaining power of small-scale farmers and workers has been […]

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Evaluation report

Oxfam Cymru and South Riverside Community Development Centre Skills for Life Project: Final evaluation report

07/06/2018

2 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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The Skills for Life project was a one-year project focused on supporting predominantly Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women in Cardiff to “build long-term, lasting outcomes [beyond] moving into entry-level work and beyond ‘first jobs’ (whilst recognising their value as stepping stones)”. Skills for Life is a sister project of Future Skills, and run as […]

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Education resource

End Hunger UK Poetry Challenge 2018

12/04/2018

2 documents

Languages: English

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Oxfam is working to beat poverty, wherever we find it, and that includes the UK – the second most food insecure country in Europe. This is an invitation for learners aged 11+ to respond passionately, and poetically, to the scandal that is UK hunger. Use our teaching resources to develop literacy and language skills, and […]

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Research report

Attitudes Towards Inequality in the UK: A review of opinion surveys

14/03/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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As part of Oxfam’s commitment to tackling inequality in order to end extreme poverty, we need to understand how different people feel about inequality. This briefing examines three UK population surveys and notes that there is widespread agreement with statements that promote greater equality. Those on lower incomes tend to be more egalitarian; the impact […]

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Research report

Safe but Not Settled: The impact of family separation on refugees in the UK

31/01/2018

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Refugees in the UK often find themselves separated from their families by their brutal experiences of conflict and persecution, just at the time when they need each other the most. This separation can drag on for years or sometimes indefinitely because of the UK’s restrictive rules on refugee family reunion. This joint report by the […]

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Briefing paper

Reward Work, Not Wealth: To end the inequality crisis, we must build an economy for ordinary working people, not the rich and powerful.

22/01/2018

14 documents

70 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme poverty seven times over. 82% of all wealth created in the last year went to the top 1%, and nothing went to the bottom 50%. Dangerous, poorly paid work for the many […]

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Briefing note

A Menu to End Hunger in the UK

20/12/2017

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Research from the United Nations has found that between 2014 and 2016, 4.2% of the UK population – almost three million people – were ‘severely food insecure’. This is defined as people skipping meals, reducing the amount they eat or even going without food at all. Statistics can sometimes detract from the human story, so […]

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Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

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Research report

Double Trouble: A review of the relationship between UK poverty and economic inequality

09/11/2017

2 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

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The link between inequality and poverty has been highlighted by a number of international organisations, which have outlined a series of policy recommendations supporting the view that high levels of inequality need to be tackled even if the central objective is to reduce poverty. This report makes clear there is a positive correlation between income […]

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Briefing note

Ending the Tax Scandals: Five actions the UK government can take to tackle tax avoidance

07/11/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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When corporations and individuals get away with not paying their fair share of tax, it is poor countries which have the most to lose. Governments are robbed of vital revenue and poor people are left trapped in poverty, while those with the power to avoid paying taxes grow ever richer – leading to spiralling inequality. […]

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