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Briefing paper

Desterrados: Tierra, poder y desigualdad en America Latina

30/11/2016

5 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Para combatir la desigualdad en America Latina es necesario abordar la extrema concentracion en el acceso y control de la tierra y en el reparto de los beneficios de su explotacion. Nuevos datos explican por que America Latina es la region del mundo mas desigual en el reparto de la tierra. La alta dependencia del […]

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Briefing note

The Risks of Defending Human Rights: The rising tide of attacks against human rights activists in Latin America

25/10/2016

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Oxfam is deeply concerned about the worsening levels of violence, murder and repression against the men and women defending human rights in Latin America. This situation is linked to an economic model that fosters extreme inequality and has a negative impact on people’s basic rights. It is the result of harassment entrenched in a patriarchal […]

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Journal article

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

23/11/2015

16 pages long

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‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

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This article explores the experiences of women anti-mining activists in rural communities in Andean Peru and Ecuador. The article analyses women activists’ experience of negotiating conflicts with large-scale mining companies, as well as within their communities, using the concept of resilience to understand their continued commitment to this work in a context of conflict, intimidation, […]

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Campaign report

Privileges That Deny Rights: Extreme inequality and the hijacking of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean

30/09/2015

4 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Despite the fact that inequality and poverty are closely linked, for several decades multilateral organizations, government and even development agencies have prioritized economic growth and the fight against poverty as the objectives of their debates and policies, leaving inequality to one side. As a result, efforts to tackle inequality have been insufficient. Oxfam has calculated […]

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Discussion paper

Adjusting the Lens: Latin American and Caribbean fiscal policies from a gender perspective

26/09/2014

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: Spanish

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By examining Latin American and Caribbean fiscal policies from a gender perspective, this discussion paper suggests that further study is necessary of the biases, both explicit and implicit, of fiscal systems that serve to reinforce traditional roles of women in society. Many modern fiscal policies are based on the idea that there is a male […]

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Briefing paper

Fiscal Justice to Reduce Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

10/09/2014

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is still the most unequal region in the world, despite economic growth and the reduction of both poverty and inequality over the last decade. Political and economic elites have shaped fiscal systems which, in general, have a very limited impact when it comes to correcting inequalities and in some […]

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Desterrados: Tierra, poder y desigualdad en America Latina

The Risks of Defending Human Rights: The rising tide of attacks against human rights activists in Latin America

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

Privileges That Deny Rights: Extreme inequality and the hijacking of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Adjusting the Lens: Latin American and Caribbean fiscal policies from a gender perspective

Fiscal Justice to Reduce Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean