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Briefing paper

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

09/12/2015

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […]

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Media briefing

Extreme carbon inequality: Why the Paris climate deal must put the poorest, lowest emitting and most vulnerable people first

02/12/2015

5 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate change is inextricably linked to economic inequality: it is a crisis that is driven by the greenhouse gas emissions of the ‘haves’ that hits the ‘have-nots’ the hardest. While COP21 in Paris will see a deal negotiated between governments on the basis of the total emissions produced in their territories, the real winners and […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

A Rights in Crisis Guide to Influencing: The who, what and why of humanitarian campaigning

02/12/2015

3 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Welcome to A Rights in Crisis Guide to Influencing. This guide is an essential resource for all those wanting to understand how the humanitarian system works, who to influence and what issues to campaign on in order to ensure respect for the rights of women, men, girls and boys at risk or affected by conflicts […]

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Case study

The Diversity of Knowledge: Reflections on the Agrobiodiversity@knowledged programme

01/12/2015

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite its importance for food security, smallholder livelihoods and the environment, agricultural biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and with it the knowledge embedded in its management and use. With the Agrobiodiversity@Knowledged Programme, Hivos and Oxfam Novib wanted to contribute to solutions for this unfolding drama. This report is the result of a three-year […]

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Briefing paper

Influencing the Development and Integration of National Standard Climate Change Indicators into the Monitoring and Reporting Frameworks in Uganda

01/12/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper documents the results of the process of developing and selecting national standard climate change indicators for integration into two national monitoring and evaluation frameworks in Uganda: the Output Budgeting Tool (OBT) and the Local Government Assessment tool (LGAT). The OBT is used by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) to […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Impact evaluation of linking smallholder coffee producers to sustainable markets

30/11/2015

3 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the linking smallholder coffee producers to sustainable markets project. The project’s overall objective was […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Somalia: Impact evaluation of community driven livelihood and food security initiatives in Lower and Middle Juba Regions

30/11/2015

3 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in October 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the community-driven livelihood and food security initiatives in Lower and Middle […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the project ‘scaling up sustainable livelihoods in Mindanao’

30/11/2015

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in January 2015 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘scaling up sustainable livelihoods in Mindanao’ project. The project […]

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Case study

Building Gender Sensitive Resilience Through Women’s Economic Empowerment: Lessons learned from pastoralist women in Ethiopia

30/11/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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In addition to ethnicity, age, or disability, gender in the Somali region of Ethiopia strongly intersects with pastoralism, a predominant livelihood in East Africa and the Horn. This paper explores how the overlap of a double marginalized identity produces particular disadvantages for pastoralist women in Ethiopia, and how an Oxfam intervention in the Somali region […]

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Case study

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Links and lessons for practitioners working with intersectional approaches

30/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper examines the intersectional elements of the links between women’s increased market-oriented economic activity and women’s experience of domestic violence. Through a literature review, complemented by perspectives from staff working within the Oxfam confederation working on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and violence against women (VAW), the research discussed in the paper found that WE […]

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