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Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Research report

Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre: Gender HIV/AIDS analysis

14/04/2005

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre (Community Centre) in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, aims to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by providing services, support, and training to enable this community to claim their rights to equality, dignity, and freedom within the context of transformation. The Community Centre is […]

Journal article

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

01/11/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

Keywords

Overview

The Gender and Media Baseline Study, conducted in southern Africa in 2003, revealed glaring gender disparities in the media and in its editorial content. With its goal to ‘promote gender equality in and through the media’, Gender Links (GL) has worked with a broad range of partners to try to redress these gaps through research, […]

Briefing paper

Secure Insecurity: The continuing abuse of civilians in eastern DRC as the state extends its control

06/03/2015

5 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used to make international headlines for the conflict that has flared up repeatedly over the past 20 years. When the M23 rebel group was defeated in November 2013, there seemed to be a shift away from these repeated cycles of violence. The country appeared to be turning a corner […]

Briefing paper

Water Dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

29/09/2023

5 documents

19 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper presents findings from Oxfam’s recently commissioned research on climate predictions for 2040 and 2050 in the Middle East, the Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA), West Africa and Asia regions. Analyses show how temperature increases will influence water insecurity in these regions and the potential impacts on food security, the spread of […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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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Frequently Asked Questions How can I read publications online? All of our publications are free to download. The majority are available in PDF format. To read PDFs you will need Adobe Reader installed on your device. Oxfam PDFs are set up so they can be saved and printed, but they cannot be edited and then saved. Other […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Case study

How Oxfam Has Worked With Unilever to Enhance its Social Impact

22/01/2021

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study is notable for how one of the UK’s foremost companies, Unilever, engaged with Oxfam’s request to conduct a ‘gap analysis’ between the company’s labour rights policies and the reality on the ground for workers. Following the research in Vietnam, for which the company provided unprecedented access to its staff and suppliers, Unilever […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Research report

Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre: Gender HIV/AIDS analysis

14/04/2005

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre (Community Centre) in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, aims to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by providing services, support, and training to enable this community to claim their rights to equality, dignity, and freedom within the context of transformation. The Community Centre is […]

Journal article

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

01/11/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

Keywords

Overview

The Gender and Media Baseline Study, conducted in southern Africa in 2003, revealed glaring gender disparities in the media and in its editorial content. With its goal to ‘promote gender equality in and through the media’, Gender Links (GL) has worked with a broad range of partners to try to redress these gaps through research, […]

Briefing paper

Secure Insecurity: The continuing abuse of civilians in eastern DRC as the state extends its control

06/03/2015

5 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used to make international headlines for the conflict that has flared up repeatedly over the past 20 years. When the M23 rebel group was defeated in November 2013, there seemed to be a shift away from these repeated cycles of violence. The country appeared to be turning a corner […]

Briefing paper

Water Dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

29/09/2023

5 documents

19 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper presents findings from Oxfam’s recently commissioned research on climate predictions for 2040 and 2050 in the Middle East, the Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA), West Africa and Asia regions. Analyses show how temperature increases will influence water insecurity in these regions and the potential impacts on food security, the spread of […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Webpage

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions How can I read publications online? All of our publications are free to download. The majority are available in PDF format. To read PDFs you will need Adobe Reader installed on your device. Oxfam PDFs are set up so they can be saved and printed, but they cannot be edited and then saved. Other […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Case study

How Oxfam Has Worked With Unilever to Enhance its Social Impact

22/01/2021

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study is notable for how one of the UK’s foremost companies, Unilever, engaged with Oxfam’s request to conduct a ‘gap analysis’ between the company’s labour rights policies and the reality on the ground for workers. Following the research in Vietnam, for which the company provided unprecedented access to its staff and suppliers, Unilever […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Research report

Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre: Gender HIV/AIDS analysis

14/04/2005

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre (Community Centre) in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, aims to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by providing services, support, and training to enable this community to claim their rights to equality, dignity, and freedom within the context of transformation. The Community Centre is […]

Journal article

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

01/11/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making every voice count: a Southern Africa case study

Keywords

Overview

The Gender and Media Baseline Study, conducted in southern Africa in 2003, revealed glaring gender disparities in the media and in its editorial content. With its goal to ‘promote gender equality in and through the media’, Gender Links (GL) has worked with a broad range of partners to try to redress these gaps through research, […]

Briefing paper

Secure Insecurity: The continuing abuse of civilians in eastern DRC as the state extends its control

06/03/2015

5 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used to make international headlines for the conflict that has flared up repeatedly over the past 20 years. When the M23 rebel group was defeated in November 2013, there seemed to be a shift away from these repeated cycles of violence. The country appeared to be turning a corner […]

Briefing paper

Water Dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

29/09/2023

5 documents

19 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Keywords

Overview

This briefing paper presents findings from Oxfam’s recently commissioned research on climate predictions for 2040 and 2050 in the Middle East, the Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA), West Africa and Asia regions. Analyses show how temperature increases will influence water insecurity in these regions and the potential impacts on food security, the spread of […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Webpage

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions How can I read publications online? All of our publications are free to download. The majority are available in PDF format. To read PDFs you will need Adobe Reader installed on your device. Oxfam PDFs are set up so they can be saved and printed, but they cannot be edited and then saved. Other […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Case study

How Oxfam Has Worked With Unilever to Enhance its Social Impact

22/01/2021

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study is notable for how one of the UK’s foremost companies, Unilever, engaged with Oxfam’s request to conduct a ‘gap analysis’ between the company’s labour rights policies and the reality on the ground for workers. Following the research in Vietnam, for which the company provided unprecedented access to its staff and suppliers, Unilever […]