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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 […]

Research report

Community Perceptions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A baseline report conducted in Anbar and Diyala Governorates, Iraq

29/07/2021

1 documents

93 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over three months in 2020, Oxfam in Iraq collected data in Diyala and Anbar Governorates in Iraq to improve its understanding of the overall situation regarding sexual and gender-based violence and local communities' perceptions of the issue. The researchers' goal was to provide baseline information against which to monitor and measure the progress and effectiveness […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Journal article

Linking evidence with user voice for pro-poor policy: lessons from East Africa

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many agricultural research and development projects seek to achieve pro-poor outcomes through policy change. However, policy processes are complex, and a strategic approach to enhancing impact at policy level is often not applied. This article describes two case studies of actual policy change – on dairy marketing in Kenya, and on urban agriculture in Kampala […]

Journal article

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

01/11/1999

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

This paper focuses on land reform initiatives undertaken in a number of African countries since the late 1980s. Current theories of land and debates on gender issues fail to explain the complex processes through which women’s access and rights to land have been affected, contested, and negotiated during socio-economic and political restructuring. Drawing on the […]

Case study

Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting in Saladin and Nineveh, Iraq

06/01/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of the critical factors that influence decision-making behaviour related to misconduct reporting in Iraq, based on a human-centred approach. The intended primary audience includes the accountability, safeguarding and technology teams from Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam GB) and members of the Oxfam in Iraq country offices. […]

Briefing paper

Education Charges: A tax on human development

01/10/2001

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Education financing

Overview

New research illustrates how education charges trap children in a cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Governments and international organizations must act immediately on their commitments to deliver free basic education for all.

Case study

The Birds and the Bees: Training a new generation of activists against sexual violence in South Africa

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

South Africa has “globally unprecedented” levels of violence against women (Medical Research Council, 2009). Despite the country’s progressive constitution and support for women’s rights, the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust estimates that up to 500,000 women are raped each year. Oxfam is partnering with Rape Crisis to support their peer education programme, which trains high […]

Research report

Closed Borders: The impact of border closures on people on the move, with a focus on women and children in Serbia and Macedonia

24/11/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Italian

Keywords

Overview

In 2015 there was a huge increase in the number of migrants, including refugees, arriving in Greece and travelling along the Balkan route on their way to destination countries further north. According to UNHCR, more than one million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean in 2015. This report looks at the protection concerns of people […]

Research report

USAID’s AVANSE Project in Haiti: An assessment of its conformity with aid effectiveness principles

13/03/2019

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2013, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Appui à la Valorisation du Potentiel Agricole du Nord, pour la Sécurité Économique et Environnementale—Aid to Realize the Agricultural Potential of the North, for Economic and Environmental Security, or AVANSE—in northern Haiti. This $87 million project, also known as Feed the Future North, runs through […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Research report

Community Perceptions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A baseline report conducted in Anbar and Diyala Governorates, Iraq

29/07/2021

1 documents

93 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over three months in 2020, Oxfam in Iraq collected data in Diyala and Anbar Governorates in Iraq to improve its understanding of the overall situation regarding sexual and gender-based violence and local communities' perceptions of the issue. The researchers' goal was to provide baseline information against which to monitor and measure the progress and effectiveness […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Journal article

Linking evidence with user voice for pro-poor policy: lessons from East Africa

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many agricultural research and development projects seek to achieve pro-poor outcomes through policy change. However, policy processes are complex, and a strategic approach to enhancing impact at policy level is often not applied. This article describes two case studies of actual policy change – on dairy marketing in Kenya, and on urban agriculture in Kampala […]

Journal article

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

01/11/1999

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

This paper focuses on land reform initiatives undertaken in a number of African countries since the late 1980s. Current theories of land and debates on gender issues fail to explain the complex processes through which women’s access and rights to land have been affected, contested, and negotiated during socio-economic and political restructuring. Drawing on the […]

Case study

Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting in Saladin and Nineveh, Iraq

06/01/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of the critical factors that influence decision-making behaviour related to misconduct reporting in Iraq, based on a human-centred approach. The intended primary audience includes the accountability, safeguarding and technology teams from Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam GB) and members of the Oxfam in Iraq country offices. […]

Briefing paper

Education Charges: A tax on human development

01/10/2001

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Education financing

Overview

New research illustrates how education charges trap children in a cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Governments and international organizations must act immediately on their commitments to deliver free basic education for all.

Case study

The Birds and the Bees: Training a new generation of activists against sexual violence in South Africa

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

South Africa has “globally unprecedented” levels of violence against women (Medical Research Council, 2009). Despite the country’s progressive constitution and support for women’s rights, the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust estimates that up to 500,000 women are raped each year. Oxfam is partnering with Rape Crisis to support their peer education programme, which trains high […]

Research report

Closed Borders: The impact of border closures on people on the move, with a focus on women and children in Serbia and Macedonia

24/11/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Italian

Keywords

Overview

In 2015 there was a huge increase in the number of migrants, including refugees, arriving in Greece and travelling along the Balkan route on their way to destination countries further north. According to UNHCR, more than one million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean in 2015. This report looks at the protection concerns of people […]

Research report

USAID’s AVANSE Project in Haiti: An assessment of its conformity with aid effectiveness principles

13/03/2019

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2013, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Appui à la Valorisation du Potentiel Agricole du Nord, pour la Sécurité Économique et Environnementale—Aid to Realize the Agricultural Potential of the North, for Economic and Environmental Security, or AVANSE—in northern Haiti. This $87 million project, also known as Feed the Future North, runs through […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Research report

Community Perceptions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A baseline report conducted in Anbar and Diyala Governorates, Iraq

29/07/2021

1 documents

93 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over three months in 2020, Oxfam in Iraq collected data in Diyala and Anbar Governorates in Iraq to improve its understanding of the overall situation regarding sexual and gender-based violence and local communities' perceptions of the issue. The researchers' goal was to provide baseline information against which to monitor and measure the progress and effectiveness […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Journal article

Linking evidence with user voice for pro-poor policy: lessons from East Africa

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many agricultural research and development projects seek to achieve pro-poor outcomes through policy change. However, policy processes are complex, and a strategic approach to enhancing impact at policy level is often not applied. This article describes two case studies of actual policy change – on dairy marketing in Kenya, and on urban agriculture in Kampala […]

Journal article

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

01/11/1999

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Liberalisation, gender, and the land question in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

This paper focuses on land reform initiatives undertaken in a number of African countries since the late 1980s. Current theories of land and debates on gender issues fail to explain the complex processes through which women’s access and rights to land have been affected, contested, and negotiated during socio-economic and political restructuring. Drawing on the […]

Case study

Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting in Saladin and Nineveh, Iraq

06/01/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of the critical factors that influence decision-making behaviour related to misconduct reporting in Iraq, based on a human-centred approach. The intended primary audience includes the accountability, safeguarding and technology teams from Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam GB) and members of the Oxfam in Iraq country offices. […]

Briefing paper

Education Charges: A tax on human development

01/10/2001

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Education financing

Overview

New research illustrates how education charges trap children in a cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Governments and international organizations must act immediately on their commitments to deliver free basic education for all.

Case study

The Birds and the Bees: Training a new generation of activists against sexual violence in South Africa

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

South Africa has “globally unprecedented” levels of violence against women (Medical Research Council, 2009). Despite the country’s progressive constitution and support for women’s rights, the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust estimates that up to 500,000 women are raped each year. Oxfam is partnering with Rape Crisis to support their peer education programme, which trains high […]

Research report

Closed Borders: The impact of border closures on people on the move, with a focus on women and children in Serbia and Macedonia

24/11/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Italian

Keywords

Overview

In 2015 there was a huge increase in the number of migrants, including refugees, arriving in Greece and travelling along the Balkan route on their way to destination countries further north. According to UNHCR, more than one million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean in 2015. This report looks at the protection concerns of people […]

Research report

USAID’s AVANSE Project in Haiti: An assessment of its conformity with aid effectiveness principles

13/03/2019

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2013, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Appui à la Valorisation du Potentiel Agricole du Nord, pour la Sécurité Économique et Environnementale—Aid to Realize the Agricultural Potential of the North, for Economic and Environmental Security, or AVANSE—in northern Haiti. This $87 million project, also known as Feed the Future North, runs through […]