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Media briefing

Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal: What is needed to ensure a new agreement helps those on the front lines of climate change

25/11/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

There is likely to be a climate deal in Paris. The emission pledges that more than 150 governments have put on the table this year show that global climate ambition is increasing. But much more is needed, as it’s a deal that could still lead to around 3 C of warming. New Oxfam-commissioned research estimates […]

Briefing paper

Trading Away Access to Medicines – Revisited: How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines

29/09/2014

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Insufficient innovation and a lack of access to affordable medicines are major barriers to achieving the right to health in low- and middle-income countries. This paper argues that European Union trade policies should not be used to bolster pharmaceutical companies’ profits by extending their monopolies on medicine prices to supposedly reward research. Instead, the incoming […]

Journal article

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

01/03/2009

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

Most policy makers and practitioners have now started to recognise the different ways in which climate change impacts on poor, vulnerable, and socially excluded women and men. However, making adaptation policies and programmes sensitive to gender issues does not simply mean ‘adding on’ a concern for women. It also requires a nuanced understanding of gendered […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Journal article

Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

01/07/2010

12 pages long

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Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

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Overview

This article discusses the findings of Oxfam-commissioned research into the impact of the economic crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines. It provides policy recommendations aiming to ensure that measures put in place by the government and international bodies support the women workers who have seen their jobs lost or their working conditions worsen, […]

Journal article

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

01/11/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

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Overview

Research into rural livelihoods shows that food security will not be achieved unless women farmers are treated as economic agents in their own right. While farmers often seek to increase their influence through collective action, this avenue is only of limited use to women, since most rural organisations are male-dominated and marginalise women’s voices. This […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

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Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Education resource

Everyone Counts SEN

10/02/2016

14 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Launch your learners into real-world-themed mathematical learning with data and case studies gathered by Young Lives, an international research project. Everyone Counts SEN has been specially developed for learners with special educational needs (SEN) in England, Wales and for learners with additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland. The resource caters for a wide range of […]

Briefing paper

Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers

18/09/2018

7 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […]

Briefing paper

Land and Power: The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land

22/09/2011

11 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The new wave of land deals is not the new investment in agriculture that millions had been waiting for. The poorest people are being hardest hit as competition for land intensifies. Oxfam’s research has revealed that residents regularly lose out to local elites and domestic or foreign investors because they lack the power to claim […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Media briefing

Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal: What is needed to ensure a new agreement helps those on the front lines of climate change

25/11/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

There is likely to be a climate deal in Paris. The emission pledges that more than 150 governments have put on the table this year show that global climate ambition is increasing. But much more is needed, as it’s a deal that could still lead to around 3 C of warming. New Oxfam-commissioned research estimates […]

Briefing paper

Trading Away Access to Medicines – Revisited: How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines

29/09/2014

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Insufficient innovation and a lack of access to affordable medicines are major barriers to achieving the right to health in low- and middle-income countries. This paper argues that European Union trade policies should not be used to bolster pharmaceutical companies’ profits by extending their monopolies on medicine prices to supposedly reward research. Instead, the incoming […]

Journal article

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

01/03/2009

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

Most policy makers and practitioners have now started to recognise the different ways in which climate change impacts on poor, vulnerable, and socially excluded women and men. However, making adaptation policies and programmes sensitive to gender issues does not simply mean ‘adding on’ a concern for women. It also requires a nuanced understanding of gendered […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Journal article

Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

01/07/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the findings of Oxfam-commissioned research into the impact of the economic crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines. It provides policy recommendations aiming to ensure that measures put in place by the government and international bodies support the women workers who have seen their jobs lost or their working conditions worsen, […]

Journal article

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

01/11/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

Research into rural livelihoods shows that food security will not be achieved unless women farmers are treated as economic agents in their own right. While farmers often seek to increase their influence through collective action, this avenue is only of limited use to women, since most rural organisations are male-dominated and marginalise women’s voices. This […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Education resource

Everyone Counts SEN

10/02/2016

14 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Launch your learners into real-world-themed mathematical learning with data and case studies gathered by Young Lives, an international research project. Everyone Counts SEN has been specially developed for learners with special educational needs (SEN) in England, Wales and for learners with additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland. The resource caters for a wide range of […]

Briefing paper

Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers

18/09/2018

7 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […]

Briefing paper

Land and Power: The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land

22/09/2011

11 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The new wave of land deals is not the new investment in agriculture that millions had been waiting for. The poorest people are being hardest hit as competition for land intensifies. Oxfam’s research has revealed that residents regularly lose out to local elites and domestic or foreign investors because they lack the power to claim […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Media briefing

Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal: What is needed to ensure a new agreement helps those on the front lines of climate change

25/11/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

There is likely to be a climate deal in Paris. The emission pledges that more than 150 governments have put on the table this year show that global climate ambition is increasing. But much more is needed, as it’s a deal that could still lead to around 3 C of warming. New Oxfam-commissioned research estimates […]

Briefing paper

Trading Away Access to Medicines – Revisited: How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines

29/09/2014

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Insufficient innovation and a lack of access to affordable medicines are major barriers to achieving the right to health in low- and middle-income countries. This paper argues that European Union trade policies should not be used to bolster pharmaceutical companies’ profits by extending their monopolies on medicine prices to supposedly reward research. Instead, the incoming […]

Journal article

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

01/03/2009

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

Most policy makers and practitioners have now started to recognise the different ways in which climate change impacts on poor, vulnerable, and socially excluded women and men. However, making adaptation policies and programmes sensitive to gender issues does not simply mean ‘adding on’ a concern for women. It also requires a nuanced understanding of gendered […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Journal article

Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

01/07/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the findings of Oxfam-commissioned research into the impact of the economic crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines. It provides policy recommendations aiming to ensure that measures put in place by the government and international bodies support the women workers who have seen their jobs lost or their working conditions worsen, […]

Journal article

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

01/11/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Challenging gender inequality in farmers’ organisations in Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

Research into rural livelihoods shows that food security will not be achieved unless women farmers are treated as economic agents in their own right. While farmers often seek to increase their influence through collective action, this avenue is only of limited use to women, since most rural organisations are male-dominated and marginalise women’s voices. This […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Education resource

Everyone Counts SEN

10/02/2016

14 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Launch your learners into real-world-themed mathematical learning with data and case studies gathered by Young Lives, an international research project. Everyone Counts SEN has been specially developed for learners with special educational needs (SEN) in England, Wales and for learners with additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland. The resource caters for a wide range of […]

Briefing paper

Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers

18/09/2018

7 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […]

Briefing paper

Land and Power: The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land

22/09/2011

11 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The new wave of land deals is not the new investment in agriculture that millions had been waiting for. The poorest people are being hardest hit as competition for land intensifies. Oxfam’s research has revealed that residents regularly lose out to local elites and domestic or foreign investors because they lack the power to claim […]