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The methodology is composed of two ‘companion documents’: The Guidance for Managers and Facilitators provides the background for making adequate and effective use of the […] View resource Research report Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues 07/10/2013 2 documents 40 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Care work Cash transfers Health systems Livelihoods Local Government Protection Sustainable livelihoods approach Welfare Wellbeing Overview Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […] View resource Case study A Healthy influence: How Oxfam convened partners to influence Zambia’s elections with the campaign message ‘vote health for all’ and saw a 45 per cent boost to the national health care budget 25/09/2013 1 documents 6 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Community building Food security Health promotion Health systems Livelihoods Local Government Programme management Protection Sustainable livelihoods approach Welfare Wellbeing Overview This case study describes how Oxfam seized upon a crucial political opportunity, and worked with national partners in the lead-up to Zambia’s 2011 election to campaign for better access to health care. The ‘vote health for all’ campaign supported communities to raise their concerns about health care at a national level and pressed for increased […] View resource Case study Scaling of small producers’ markets in 24 municipalities: How Oxfam helped create a network of local farmers’ markets in Columbia 25/09/2013 1 documents 7 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Business Community building Development methods Economic empowerment Economic growth Education financing Enterprise Enterprise development Finance Food prices Food production Food security Investment Land rights Livelihoods Local Government Markets Participation Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Welfare Wellbeing Overview This case study shares the experience of the Colombia Economic Justice Programme in implementing a leveraging strategy – to replicate the flagship experience of Bogotá in the creation and consolidation of alternative, direct, and fair marketing channels operating between rural producers and urban consumers – which produced effective scaling in 24 municipalities of the central […] View resource Case study A Mushrooming business: How Oxfam is facilitating development of the horticulture sector while improving the status of women in Rwanda 25/09/2013 1 documents 7 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Aid effectiveness Development methods Gender mainstreaming Gender training Gender-based violence Livelihoods Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach WEL Wellbeing Women farmers Women's Economic Leadership Overview This case study shares the work of Oxfam’s Livelihood programme, Women’s Economic Leadership, in the horticulture sector in Rwanda. It shows that with the right business opportunities and training, women working in rural agriculture can be savvy business people, innovators, breadwinners, and community leaders. View resource Case study Leveraging for change: Advocating for a universal agricultural insurance scheme in Bolivia 08/08/2013 1 documents 2 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Active citizenship Advocacy Campaigning Climate change adaptation Climate finance Food production Food security GEM Gendered Enterprise and Markets Livelihoods Protection Smallholder agriculture Social protection Sustainable livelihoods approach Overview In 2009, Oxfam took forward a civil society demand for an agricultural insurance scheme against climate risks in Bolivia and worked with international colleagues and local experts to collect information and data supporting the initiative. The government developed a policy for universal agricultural insurance. However, opposition from farmers’ organisations led to the initiative being dropped. […] View resource Evaluation report Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement – Nairobi Kenya 01/08/2013 1 documents 33 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Discrimination Fair trade Food security Gender mainstreaming Gender training Gender-based violence Girls' education Housing Investment Labour standards Livelihoods Maternal and child health Programme management Protection Research methods Sustainable livelihoods approach Welfare Wellbeing Women farmers Overview Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue […] View resource Case study The Lead-Firm Model: Connecting smallholders to high-value markets in Tanzania 23/07/2013 1 documents 2 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Capacity building Co-operatives Corporate responsibility Development methods Economic empowerment Enterprise Enterprise development Finance Livelihoods Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Training Value chains WEL Women farmers Women's Economic Leadership Overview In Tanzania, Oxfam adopted the ‘Lead-Firm’ Model and partnered with Katani Ltd. to improve smallholder access to markets for sisal. Katani agreed to improve the production and processing capacity of the smallholders, and committed to purchase all quality sisal fibre. Both Oxfam and Katani funded training for smallholders, while Oxfam supplied them with loans to […] View resource Case study Functional Adult Literacy: Sustainable, women-focused capacity-building in Ethiopia 23/07/2013 1 documents 2 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Business Capacity building Co-operatives Collective enterprise Community building Development methods Economic empowerment Enterprise Enterprise development Livelihoods Participation Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Training Value chains WEL Women farmers women's collective action Women's Economic Leadership Overview In Limu, Ethiopia, Oxfam worked with partners and local government to develop a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) programme for smallholders to enhance women’s economic leadership, increase production and improve the quality of organic coffee. The programme combined literacy classes with training on agricultural and financial capacity-building. This approach increased attendance and improved smallholders’ skills across […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: Toolkit for Wales 01/07/2013 2 documents 55 pages long Languages: English, Welsh Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Community building Development methods Livelihoods Participation Poverty in the UK Sustainable livelihoods approach UK poverty Overview The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) is a method of analysing and changing the lives of people experiencing poverty and disadvantage. It is a participatory approach based on the recognition that all people have abilities and assets that can be developed to help them improve their lives. Oxfam has already supported community development organisations to apply […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know