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Briefing paper

Hotspots, Rights Denied: The lack of a legal framework is threatening the rights of migrants reaching Italy

22/06/2016

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40 pages long

Languages: English

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The flow of migrants into Italy continues to be dealt with as an ’emergency’ situation. The EU’s ‘hotspot’ approach, outlined in the European Agenda for Migration of May 2015 as a short-term measure, has been implemented in Italy and Greece and is an approach involving EU officers, in collaboration with national authorities, in the identification, […]

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Research report

The Impact of Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises: An evidence synthesis protocol

21/06/2016

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32 pages long

Languages: English

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This protocol outlines plans for conducting an evidence synthesis on the impact of food aid on pastoralist livelihoods. The distinctiveness of pastoralists – including factors related to the erosion of their livelihood strategies and the difficulty posed by identification of frequently mobile households – and their particular vulnerability to humanitarian crises suggest that the effects […]

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Issue briefing

Europe, Don’t Let Us Down: Voices of refugees and migrants in Greece

20/06/2016

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Dari, English, Spanish

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Since the beginning of 2015 more than one million migrants, including refugees, fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and poverty, have travelled through Turkey to Greece in search of safety and a dignified life in Europe. Lacking safe and legal alternatives, they put their lives in the hands of smugglers and risk everything during perilous sea […]

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Briefing note

The Right Choices: Achieving universal health coverage in Malawi

07/06/2016

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20 pages long

Languages: English

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Malawi has a proud history of delivering free healthcare for its citizens, but this is now seriously under threat. Bypass fees for hospitals are already causing major hardship by excluding poor people from accessing the healthcare they need. The Government of Malawi must reject the fees system completely and instead use tax financing and development […]

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Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Putting Oxfam’s Partnership Principles into Practice

02/06/2016

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24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam works with others, taking action to achieve common goals for overcoming poverty and injustice. Its aim is to achieve consistently good quality and honest relationships with all of its partners. Good partnerships are based on paying attention to ways of working and maximizing impact by delivering good financial and programme management. This guideline has […]

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Research report

Durable Peace Programme: Baseline Report

01/06/2016

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This baseline survey and report examine the Durable Peace Programme (DPP) in Myanmar, which delivers a broad range of activities. The report provides an insight into the current situation facing both internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict-affected non-IDP communities in Kachin state, Myanmar. It is based on a comprehensive and systematic research process involving just over 2,200 […]

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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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Technical briefing

Setting and Implementing Science-Based Targets: Recommendations for food and beverage companies

25/05/2016

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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The food and beverage sector is both a significant driver of global climate change and among the sectors most adversely affected. Food and beverage companies have a major role in reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and in ensuring that the long term mitigation goal established in Paris at COP 21 is translated into action. […]

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Issue briefing

Hot, Hungry and Starved of Investment: Supporting smallholders to build a climate-resilient agricultural sector in southern Africa

24/05/2016

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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As the African Development Bank meets in southern Africa, one of the strongest and most sustained El Nino events on record – turbocharged by climate change – is causing severe drought, failed harvests and a hunger crisis across the region. This is being made worse by record high temperatures as a result of global warming. […]

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