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Social Innovation: A BOOST for women, work and wages in the UK

12/12/2016

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s UK Programme worked with Sappal Consulting and a range of stakeholders from the business, voluntary, government and other sectors, including women on low incomes, to addres the challenge of ‘How do we create the conditions for tens of thousands of women on low incomes to move into decent work that pays a Living Wage?’ […]

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Media briefing

How to Close Great Britain’s Great Divide: The business of tackling inequality

13/09/2016

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Today in Britain there is a massive disconnect between people and politicians, and between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. The richest one percent of the UK population own more than 20 times more wealth than the poorest 20 percent combined. The EU referendum vote was a stark illustration of just how polarized our society is, with […]

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Research report

Labour Rights in Vietnam: Unilever’s progress and systemic challenges

04/07/2016

2 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English, Vietnamese

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In 2011, Oxfam published a study into the gap between Unilever’s high-level policies on labour rights and the reality on the ground for workers in Vietnam. Oxfam has reviewed the progress made since 2011 and found that the company’s overall commitment to respecting human and labour rights has been strengthened as a result of effective […]

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Issue briefing

Underpaid and Undervalued: How inequality defines women’s work in Asia

31/05/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Rising economic inequality across Asia is threatening poverty reduction and slowing down the fight against gender inequality. Although the region has experienced economic growth, the bottom 70% have seen their income share fall while the share for the top 10% has increased rapidly. Low wages and a lack of rights at work, particularly for women, […]

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Briefing note

An Inequality Commissioner for London

05/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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London is the UK’s richest city and a driver of its economy, but also home to the country’s greatest extremes of poverty and wealth. Around 2.3m people live below the poverty line in London – 27 percent of its population, compared with 20 percent in the rest of England. The mayoralty of London is one […]

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Campaign report

Even It Up: A blueprint for change

13/01/2016

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Oxfam’s vision is of a world without poverty; Oxfam Cymru works with others to make this vision a reality here in Wales. But there is work to be done. Economic inequality and poverty blight this world and Wales is no exception, with women suffering the most. Meanwhile, climate change is playing havoc with the weather […]

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Issue briefing

In Work But Trapped in Poverty: A summary of five studies conducted by Oxfam, with updates on progress along the road to a living wage

29/09/2015

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that access to decent work on a living wage is a fundamental pathway out of poverty, and one of the best ways to counter growing inequality. This summary of recent Oxfam research in Morocco, Kenya, Malawi, Vietnam and Myanmar paints a picture of workers, mostly women, who are working hard but trapped in […]

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Issue briefing

Steps Towards a Living Wage in Global Supply Chains

10/12/2014

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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What are the barriers to ensuring that a living wage is paid, and what are the root causes of low wages? Almost a century after the ILO constitution recognized the need for workers to earn a living wage, this Oxfam paper outlines the compelling reasons for responsible companies to act now to raise wages that […]

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