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Briefing note

Feminist Scorecard 2019: Tracking Welsh government action to advance women’s rights and gender equality

13/04/2019

3 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The barriers that women face, and the opportunities they lack, stem from complex and long-entrenched systems of inequality and discrimination. The Welsh government has made some strides to becoming a feminist government and a feminist nation. But despite robust legislation and good intentions to advance gender equality, there has often been a lack of funding, […]

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Briefing note

Not Enough Substance? Assessing changes made by UK-linked tax havens to fulfil EU requirements

02/04/2019

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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New EU requirements to combat tax avoidance – as part of a tax haven blacklist process started in 2017 – may change how multinational companies use tax havens, but not necessarily lead to a significant drop in global tax avoidance. Oxfam research revealed in Off the Hook: How the EU is about to whitewash the […]

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Briefing paper

Unfair Harvest: The state of rice in Asia

20/03/2019

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Small-scale producers grow most of the rice in Asia, providing food security, jobs and income across the region. However, a combination of worsening inequality in food value chains and the crippling impacts of climate change are leaving rice farming systems at a critical juncture. These challenges threaten the viability of rice production that underpins the […]

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Briefing note

Off the Hook: How the EU is about to whitewash the world’s worst tax havens

07/03/2019

5 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Tax havens deprive governments around the world of billions of dollars each year, fuelling inequality and poverty. The EU blacklisting process was announced as an attempt to put an end to the era of tax havens. Unfortunately – according to Oxfam research – the EU is set to whitewash some of the world’s worst tax […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

A Short Guide to Taxing for Gender Equality

07/03/2019

21 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam is working in countries around the world so that government budgets – both on the side of revenues and spending – work to tackle issues such as unpaid care work and violence against women and girls. Often under the banner of gender responsive budgeting, Oxfam is also working to support women and women's organizations […]

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Discussion paper

Influencing to Tackle Poverty and Injustice: Learning from the past, looking to the future

15/01/2019

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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There have been many development advances in recent decades. But our world is also undergoing major transformations and facing profound development challenges. These include extreme inequality, climate breakdown, gender injustice and the curtailment of civic freedoms. Civil society has an influential role to play, as part of broader alliances, in determining to what extent and […]

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Briefing paper

Fighting Inequality in Nepal: The road to prosperity

11/01/2019

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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Today, more than 8.1 million Nepalis live in poverty. Women and girls are more likely to be poor, despite the significant contribution they make to the economy, especially through unpaid care and household work. More than one-third of Nepal’s children under 5 years are stunted, and 10% suffer wasting due to acute malnutrition. Without a […]

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Briefing note

Harmful Side Effects: How drug companies undermine global health

18/09/2018

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical companies – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. They appear to deprive developing countries of more than $100m (around £80m) every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries […]

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Briefing paper

Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers

18/09/2018

7 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […]

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Research report

Gender Roles and the Care Economy in Ugandan Households: The case of Kaabong, Kabale and Kampala districts

13/08/2018

1 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

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This report examines the distribution of unpaid care and domestic work in households in the Ugandan districts of Kaabong, Kabale and Kampala. It seeks to understand the connection between social norms and the gendered division of work, including how much time women, men, boys and girls spend on paid work and unpaid care work in […]

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