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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

Falling Through the Net: A Survey of Basic Labour Rights Among Migrants Working in Thailand’s Fishing Sector

20/07/2020

2 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

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The purpose of this report is to document the rights situation of workers in Thailand’s fishing sector, particularly in the context of recent reduced international pressure. In January 2019, the European Union lifted its ‘yellow card’ from Thailand, following important strides of the Government of Thailand in addressing violations of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) […]

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Journal article

The Beijing Platform for Action charted a future we still need to bring up: building feminist economic policy

24/06/2020

17 pages long

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The Beijing Platform for Action charted a future we still need to bring up: building feminist economic policy

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The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), written 25 years ago, is remarkable in its economic diagnostics, analytical framework, and policy prescriptions, which remain fully relevant today. In this article, we revisit the main economic problems identified by the BPfA: GDP growth, employment, care, and poverty. In terms of GDP growth, the BPfA was clear that […]

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Research report

Pursuing Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Understanding employers’ views on decent work principles in the informal sector in Rangpur and Barisal, Bangladesh

14/02/2019

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The Empower Youth for Work (EYW) programme in Bangladesh aims to make a positive impact on the lives of young women and men by improving employment or entrepreneurship opportunities. Oxfam’s local partner organizations are working to support young men and women to gain employment, which in this context is mainly available in the informal sector. […]

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Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

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This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

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Journal article

Employment, masculinities, and domestic violence in ‘fragile’ contexts: Pakistani women in Pakistan and the UK

09/11/2016

16 pages long

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Employment, masculinities, and domestic violence in ‘fragile’ contexts: Pakistani women in Pakistan and the UK

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This article investigates women’s experiences of domestic violence, in two contexts rated as fragile and stable in global indices: Pakistan and the UK. The research shows the importance of understanding how intersectional disadvantages, based on gender and ethnic minority status among others, can lead to some groups of women experiencing life as inhabitants of a […]

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Discussion paper

Work In Life: How an anti-poverty approach to employment support could be transformational for women

24/08/2016

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to evaluate the employability support currently available to women, changes in the structure of the labour market, and the shape of current and future funding. It makes recommendations for programmatic responses to support women into decent work – and to contribute to, and develop, the wider […]

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Case study

An Extraordinary Journey: Umzi Wethu training academy for vulnerable youth

09/06/2014

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study documents the approach and model for the Umzi Wethu Training Academy for Vulnerable Youth from its roots in Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, to three venues in the Eastern and Western Cape. Umzi Wethu means “our home” in Xhosa. Umzi Wethu offers a “hand up” rather than a […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Supporting Rural Livelihoods and Employment in Western Georgia

06/12/2013

4 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Supporting Rural Livelihoods and Employment’ was a project aimed at strengthening incomes among smallholder producers by improving production and marketing techniques. One hundred and fifty households in two regions of western Georgia were directly supported with a programme of training, technical support, and the provision of capital and productive inputs over periods of three […]

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Journal article

Fertility differential by husbands’ occupational status and income in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India

18/02/2013

11 pages long

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Fertility differential by husbands’ occupational status and income in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India

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The paper attempts to find out fertility differential by husbands’ occupational status and income level in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand (India). The mean number of children ever born (MCEB) is used to measure fertility, and monthly income as the income variable. Older and younger cohorts of women were examined separately for assessing fertility differential. MCEB was […]

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