Human rights Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Food for Thought: Investing in a sustainable food system

22 Sep 2021

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The focus on profit maximization at the expense of workers, farmers, and women have helped companies reap huge profit margins in the short-term, but as COVID-19 has revealed, it has come at the cost of rights violations. Such costs are no longer considered an acceptable business risk. As human rights gains prominence in investor-company engagement, […]

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Annual report

Oxfam GB Statement on Modern Slavery for the financial year 2019/20

30 Sep 2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires organizations with a turnover of over £36m to make a public statement on the steps they are taking to identify and prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Oxfam GB advocated for this legislation to be enacted. In this, our fifth statement, we share our progress […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights

14 Sep 2020

4 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of ‘how did we arrive here?’, ‘what comes after COVID-19?’ and ‘what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock?’ The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to […]

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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 Sep 2020

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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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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Discussion paper

COVID-19 and Key Human Rights Principles in Practice: State obligations and business’ responsibilities in responding to the pandemic

07 Aug 2020

2 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing human rights violations, and enabling others. However, it is also stimulating opportunities to further the human rights agenda. A robust framing is needed to hold duty bearers to account, and to help governments and communities to build back better. This paper provides an overview of the issues through the […]

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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 Jul 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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Research report

Behind the Barcodes Supermarket Scorecard 2020 Data

30 Jun 2020

1 documents

Languages: English

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This is the 2020 update to the supermarket scorecard, part of the Behind the Barcodes campaign that Oxfam launched in 2018 to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by extensive […]

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Journal article

The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

24 Jun 2020

14 pages long

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The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

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In 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women when 189 countries signed on to the Beijing Platform for Action. This must be a game-changing year, an opportunity for the feminist and women’s movement to produce a transformative framework and new alliances. Soon-Young Yoon and Melissa Upreti, […]

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Briefing paper

Sweet and Sour: An investigation of conditions on tropical fruit farms in North-East Brazil

10 Oct 2019

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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A government policy of periodically raising the minimum wage, proactive enforcement of the minimum wage, and clear labour laws have raised incomes and reduced inequality between men and women workers in Brazil over the past 20 years. However, these gains are now at risk from recent labour reforms. This briefing paper, part of Oxfam’s campaign […]

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Briefing paper

Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfil human rights on Assam tea plantations

10 Oct 2019

2 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Workers on tea plantations in the Assam region of India are systematically denied their rights to a living wage and decent working and living conditions. The fact that they are unable to meet their basic living costs is starkly illustrated by our finding that 50% of the households that researchers visited on behalf of Oxfam […]

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