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Briefing note

A Crisis With No End in Sight: How the ongoing crisis in Taiz Governorate continues to put civilians at risk

21/12/2020

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17 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite a UN-brokered peace agreement in December 2018, the conflict in Yemen has run into its sixth year. In Taiz Governorate, civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflict. Every day, they face death or injury from indiscriminate attacks, gender-based violence in their homes and poor access to food, water and medical care. As people’s […]

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Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

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Briefing note

Will the Cure Bankrupt Us? Official Development Assistance and the COVID-19 Response in Southern African Countries

18/12/2020

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa in early November 2020 exceeded 1.8 million, with 45% occurring in Southern Africa (SAF). Most SAF countries lack the capacity to adequately protect lives and livelihoods. High indebtedness means underfunded essential services, and most countries had just emerged from a severe food crisis and the effects of Cyclone Idai. Donors […]

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Briefing paper

Incoherent at Heart: The EU’s economic and migration policies towards North Africa

11/11/2020

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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Pre-pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa, especially Tunisia and Morocco, focused on two main paradigms: trade liberalization and the minimization of both regular and irregular migration. These agendas were incoherent and had overwhelmingly negative implications for the livelihoods and employment opportunities within the EU for the most vulnerable people in the Maghreb. As the coronavirus […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2020: Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment

20/10/2020

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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International climate finance is vital to global cooperation on climate change. As many developing countries reel from the effects of coronavirus, the prospect of climate-induced extreme weather risks compounding crises and poverty. Climate change could undo decades of progress in development and dramatically increase global inequalities. There is an urgent need for climate finance to […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Oxfam Handwashing Station; How to set up, use and maintain communal handwashing stations

16/09/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The Oxfam Handwashing Station is a durable, low-cost, easy to set up, use and transport handwashing station that can be put up in any open space in a variety of emergency and development contexts. The handwashing kit, which has been extensively field tested, features a 24-litre water tank and a 4-litre internal liquid soapy water […]

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Briefing paper

Power, Profits and the Pandemic: From corporate extraction for the few to an economy that works for all

10/09/2020

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The worsening inequality crisis triggered by COVID-19 is fuelled by an economic model that has allowed some of the world’s largest corporations to funnel billions of dollars in profits to shareholders giving yet another windfall to the world’s top billionaires, a small group of mostly white men. At the same time, it has left low […]

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Briefing note

For a Decade of Hope Not Austerity in the Middle East and North Africa: Towards a fair and inclusive recovery to fight inequality

27/08/2020

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Even before the coronavirus crisis struck, people in the Middle East and North Africa were protesting against the injustice and inequality wrought by a decade of austerity. The pandemic and the lockdown measures taken by governments have paralysed economies and threaten to tip millions of people into poverty, with women, refugees, migrant workers and those […]

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Briefing paper

From Risk to Resilience: A good practice guide for food retailers addressing human rights in their supply chains

21/07/2020

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper offers timely insights on emerging good practices to address exploitation in global food supply chains, based on 26 key informant interviews, and analysis of Oxfam's latest Supermarkets Scorecard. While the coronavirus that ignited the global crisis is new, the underlying issues plaguing agricultural supply chains are not. Reducing risks and improving resilience in […]

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Briefing paper

Evitar el Etnocidio: Pueblos indígenas y derechos territoriales en crisis frente a la COVID-19 en América Latina

21/07/2020

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Mientras el mundo entero trata de ponerse a salvo de la pandemia, los pueblos indígenas de América Latina agonizan y algunos podrían llegar a desaparecer. El abandono estatal y la ausencia de servicios adecuados de salud integral y agua segura los hace extremadamente vulnerables al virus que se extiende a toda velocidad por el continente. […]

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