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Research report

Tackling Gender Inequality in the Cocoa Supply Chain: Are big chocolate companies delivering on their global commitments in Ghana?

11 Feb 2022

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2013, leading chocolate companies Mars, Mondelēz, and Nestlé made global commitments to reduce gender inequalities across their cocoa supply chain. This report follows up on these commitments and presents findings on the gender equality programs Mars, Mondelēz, and Nestlé – and their agribusiness suppliers – are implementing in the cocoa supply chain of Ghana, […]

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Briefing paper

Detention as the Default: How Greece, with the support of the EU, is generalizing administrative detention of migrants

16 Nov 2021

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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Putting migrants and asylum seekers into detention for administrative reasons is a common practice in Greece, despite this policy contravening human rights. Greek authorities are using detention and the new EU-funded closed compounds as a way to discourage people from seeking asylum in Europe. Detention, as outlined in Greek law, should only be used as […]

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Technical briefing

Living Income: From Right to Reality

13 Oct 2021

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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Living income is trending. More and more food and agriculture companies are adopting living income commitments, and others should follow suit. But it’s a complex topic in practice. Effective interventions go beyond the farm to address the inequality of market power and risks that farmers experience. Oxfam presents eight essential issues companies confront on living […]

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Education resource

The Human Impact of Climate Change – A teaching resource for ages 11-16

01 Oct 2021

2 documents

Languages: English

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Classroom activities to inspire young people to stand up for climate justice. Climate change is threatening humankind and pushing people into poverty. While the climate crisis is affecting us all, it’s hitting some communities harder than others – and it’s the people who’ve done the least to cause it who’re suffering the most. Who you […]

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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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