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Journal article

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

Keywords

Overview

Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

Briefing paper

Planting Now: Agricultural challenges and opportunities for Haiti’s reconstruction

05/10/2010

8 documents

Languages: English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Even before the devastating January 2010 earthquake, Haiti was one of the poorest and most food-insecure countries on earth. A majority of Haitians live in rural areas and depend on agricultural livelihoods, but neither the government nor the international community has paid sufficient attention to agriculture, leaving the countryside increasingly marginalized. Too often, decision-making forums […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Case study

Yogyakarta Earthquake Community Recovery Grants supporting Gotong Royong

14/06/2008

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Timely and carefully targeted grants using a community-based approach enabled early recovery of productive activities and reinforced community spirit and decision-making following a powerful earthquake in Central Java.

Briefing paper

A New Era in South Eastern Europe? Grasping the opportunity to promote economic growth with equity

01/11/2000

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam is concerned that rising poverty and inequality in South Eastern Europe could derail the EU’s long term efforts to ‘project stability’ to the region. Our experience of working with poor and vulnerable groups throughout the former Yugoslavia and Albania concurs with the World Bank’s assessment that ‘poverty is likely to have worsened dramatically in […]

Briefing note

Cutting the Cost of Global Health

01/02/2001

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Each year, 11 million people die from infectious diseases, many of them because they cannot afford basic medicines. Countless millions live with debilitating illnesses for the same reason. According to the World Health Organisation some 2 billion people lack access to basic healthcare – most of these people live in developing countries. There are many […]

Briefing note

Immigration and Asylum Debate 12/4/2000

13/04/2000

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Refugees and IDPs

Overview

In addition to Oxfam’s long-standing international work in relation to humanitarian protection, we have been developing our work with asylum-seekers and refugees in Britain since the setting up of the UK Poverty Programme in 1995. Oxfam is therefore well placed to comment on asylum issues in relation to the UK as well as internationally. This […]

Briefing paper

Turning the Tide: How best to protect workers employed by gangmasters, five years after Morecambe Bay

29/07/2009

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

On 5 February 2004, 23 Chinese cockle pickers drowned in rising tides in Morecambe Bay because of the negligence of their gangmaster. This paper evaluates the current protection afforded to workers in the industries regulated by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA). It highlights that a significant number of unlicensed gangmasters continue to exist, and exploitation […]

Briefing paper

Debt Relief for Rwanda: An opportunity for peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/03/1999

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rwanda stands at a critical point in its history. The country’s people are seeking to rebuild a society shattered by war and a genocide in which one in eight Rwandans – Tutsi and Hutu opponents of the government’s extremist policies – was killed, and which further led to the outflow of over one and a […]

Briefing paper

False Hope or New Start? The global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria

01/07/2002

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

14,000 people become HIV positive every day. The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria was set up to tackle the health crisis caused by these three diseases in developing countries. But it requires massive and long-term donor funding, a transparent and equitable system of service delivery, and commitment to comprehensive programmes of prevention, […]

Showing 444 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

Keywords

Overview

Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

Briefing paper

Planting Now: Agricultural challenges and opportunities for Haiti’s reconstruction

05/10/2010

8 documents

Languages: English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Even before the devastating January 2010 earthquake, Haiti was one of the poorest and most food-insecure countries on earth. A majority of Haitians live in rural areas and depend on agricultural livelihoods, but neither the government nor the international community has paid sufficient attention to agriculture, leaving the countryside increasingly marginalized. Too often, decision-making forums […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Case study

Yogyakarta Earthquake Community Recovery Grants supporting Gotong Royong

14/06/2008

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Timely and carefully targeted grants using a community-based approach enabled early recovery of productive activities and reinforced community spirit and decision-making following a powerful earthquake in Central Java.

Briefing paper

A New Era in South Eastern Europe? Grasping the opportunity to promote economic growth with equity

01/11/2000

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam is concerned that rising poverty and inequality in South Eastern Europe could derail the EU’s long term efforts to ‘project stability’ to the region. Our experience of working with poor and vulnerable groups throughout the former Yugoslavia and Albania concurs with the World Bank’s assessment that ‘poverty is likely to have worsened dramatically in […]

Briefing note

Cutting the Cost of Global Health

01/02/2001

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Each year, 11 million people die from infectious diseases, many of them because they cannot afford basic medicines. Countless millions live with debilitating illnesses for the same reason. According to the World Health Organisation some 2 billion people lack access to basic healthcare – most of these people live in developing countries. There are many […]

Briefing note

Immigration and Asylum Debate 12/4/2000

13/04/2000

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Refugees and IDPs

Overview

In addition to Oxfam’s long-standing international work in relation to humanitarian protection, we have been developing our work with asylum-seekers and refugees in Britain since the setting up of the UK Poverty Programme in 1995. Oxfam is therefore well placed to comment on asylum issues in relation to the UK as well as internationally. This […]

Briefing paper

Turning the Tide: How best to protect workers employed by gangmasters, five years after Morecambe Bay

29/07/2009

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

On 5 February 2004, 23 Chinese cockle pickers drowned in rising tides in Morecambe Bay because of the negligence of their gangmaster. This paper evaluates the current protection afforded to workers in the industries regulated by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA). It highlights that a significant number of unlicensed gangmasters continue to exist, and exploitation […]

Briefing paper

Debt Relief for Rwanda: An opportunity for peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/03/1999

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rwanda stands at a critical point in its history. The country’s people are seeking to rebuild a society shattered by war and a genocide in which one in eight Rwandans – Tutsi and Hutu opponents of the government’s extremist policies – was killed, and which further led to the outflow of over one and a […]

Briefing paper

False Hope or New Start? The global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria

01/07/2002

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

14,000 people become HIV positive every day. The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria was set up to tackle the health crisis caused by these three diseases in developing countries. But it requires massive and long-term donor funding, a transparent and equitable system of service delivery, and commitment to comprehensive programmes of prevention, […]

Showing 444 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

Keywords

Overview

Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

Briefing paper

Planting Now: Agricultural challenges and opportunities for Haiti’s reconstruction

05/10/2010

8 documents

Languages: English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Even before the devastating January 2010 earthquake, Haiti was one of the poorest and most food-insecure countries on earth. A majority of Haitians live in rural areas and depend on agricultural livelihoods, but neither the government nor the international community has paid sufficient attention to agriculture, leaving the countryside increasingly marginalized. Too often, decision-making forums […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Case study

Yogyakarta Earthquake Community Recovery Grants supporting Gotong Royong

14/06/2008

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Timely and carefully targeted grants using a community-based approach enabled early recovery of productive activities and reinforced community spirit and decision-making following a powerful earthquake in Central Java.

Briefing paper

A New Era in South Eastern Europe? Grasping the opportunity to promote economic growth with equity

01/11/2000

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam is concerned that rising poverty and inequality in South Eastern Europe could derail the EU’s long term efforts to ‘project stability’ to the region. Our experience of working with poor and vulnerable groups throughout the former Yugoslavia and Albania concurs with the World Bank’s assessment that ‘poverty is likely to have worsened dramatically in […]

Briefing note

Cutting the Cost of Global Health

01/02/2001

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Each year, 11 million people die from infectious diseases, many of them because they cannot afford basic medicines. Countless millions live with debilitating illnesses for the same reason. According to the World Health Organisation some 2 billion people lack access to basic healthcare – most of these people live in developing countries. There are many […]

Briefing note

Immigration and Asylum Debate 12/4/2000

13/04/2000

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Refugees and IDPs

Overview

In addition to Oxfam’s long-standing international work in relation to humanitarian protection, we have been developing our work with asylum-seekers and refugees in Britain since the setting up of the UK Poverty Programme in 1995. Oxfam is therefore well placed to comment on asylum issues in relation to the UK as well as internationally. This […]

Briefing paper

Turning the Tide: How best to protect workers employed by gangmasters, five years after Morecambe Bay

29/07/2009

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

On 5 February 2004, 23 Chinese cockle pickers drowned in rising tides in Morecambe Bay because of the negligence of their gangmaster. This paper evaluates the current protection afforded to workers in the industries regulated by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA). It highlights that a significant number of unlicensed gangmasters continue to exist, and exploitation […]

Briefing paper

Debt Relief for Rwanda: An opportunity for peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/03/1999

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rwanda stands at a critical point in its history. The country’s people are seeking to rebuild a society shattered by war and a genocide in which one in eight Rwandans – Tutsi and Hutu opponents of the government’s extremist policies – was killed, and which further led to the outflow of over one and a […]

Briefing paper

False Hope or New Start? The global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria

01/07/2002

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

14,000 people become HIV positive every day. The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria was set up to tackle the health crisis caused by these three diseases in developing countries. But it requires massive and long-term donor funding, a transparent and equitable system of service delivery, and commitment to comprehensive programmes of prevention, […]