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The ‘We Can’ Campaign in South Asia

16/01/2015

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18 pages long

Languages: English

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We Can End All Violence Against Women (‘We Can’) in South Asia is an extraordinary, viral campaign targetting violence against women, reaching millions of men and women across six countries and subsequently spreading to other countries in Africa, Europe and the Americas. What’s different about ‘We Can’ (apart from its scale) is that it is […]

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The Raising Her Voice Nepal Programme

16/01/2015

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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While gender inequality remains extreme in Nepal, Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme on women’s empowerment is contributing to and reinforcing an ongoing long-term shift in gender norms, driven by a combination of urbanization, migration, rising levels of literacy and access to media; all of which have combined to erode women’s traditional isolation. That shift […]

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The Indonesian Labour Rights Project

16/01/2015

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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From 1997–2013, Oxfam Australia’s Indonesian Labour Rights Project (ILRP) worked to help achieve ‘sustainable livelihoods for workers’ in factories in Indonesia that form part of global supply chains for major sportswear brands. As a result of sustained campaigns, the world’s largest sportswear brands, such as Nike and Adidas, now take workers’ rights more seriously than […]

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The Raising Her Voice Pakistan Programme

16/01/2015

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18 pages long

Languages: English

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Well known for its highly articulate and influential women, Pakistan is also notorious for the severe restrictions placed on women’s personal and political liberties. The Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme started working on this very complex and sensitive issue by building a country-level partnership with the Aurat Foundation (AF), which for the past 26 years […]

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Discussion paper

How Can a Post-2015 Agreement Drive Real Change? Revised Edition: The political economy of global commitments

21/11/2012

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22 pages long

Languages: English

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What are the lessons of the Millennium Development Goals process to date? What has been their impact on aid and national government decision making? This paper seeks to inform the post-2015 debate by examining these questions. It argues that leverage over national governments and civil society involvement will increasingly eclipse leverage on aid as the […]

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Book

From Poverty to Power, 2nd Edition: How active citizens and effective states can change the world

23/10/2012

14 documents

488 pages long

Languages: English

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Seismic events have convulsed global markets since 2008, when From Poverty to Power was first published. World news has been full of stories reflecting a profound sense of uncertainty about global futures. In response, this new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes an in-depth analysis of the human […]

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Book

From Poverty to Power: How active citizens and effective states can change the world

23/06/2008

2 documents

540 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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The twenty-first century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality, and the threat of environmental collapse as the fight against slavery or for universal suffrage defined earlier eras. From Poverty to Power argues that it requires a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets to break the cycle of poverty […]

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Case study

Roma Organisations: Capacity building

14/06/2008

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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Capacity-building work with the poorest community in Europe, the Roma, has enhanced advocacy, lobbying and negotiating skills that have led to improved interaction with local authorities on education and discrimination.

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Indigenous People’s Education: Mindanao, the Philippines

14/06/2008

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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Indigenous education improves the Pulangiyen quality of life and provides a model for the promotion of culture-based education throughout the country.

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Papua New Guinea (PNG): Land Rights

14/06/2008

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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There is significant pressure to reform land ownership systems in Papua New Guinea on the premise that customary title is an impediment to development. There is growing unrest as local populations are unable to access their ancestral lands. Matrilineal system of land inheritance exists in the Pacific. There is no guarantee that women will be […]

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