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Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Measuring Social Norms on Unpaid Care Work: Insights from Oxfam’s household care surveys

12/10/2021

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes the approach to measuring social norms related to unpaid care work in Oxfam’s Household Care Survey (HCS), and discusses benefits and limitations of this approach. The HCS is a quantitative research tool developed through Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme. It measures adults’ and children’s time spent on unpaid care work […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Briefing paper

Moving the Middle: Oxfam’s Behind the Brands assessment of the global agribusiness sector

31/03/2023

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s agribusiness scorecard is a benchmarking tool that measures global agribusinesses’ policies and implementation plans on five issue areas: women’s economic empowerment, land, climate change, small-scale producers, and transparency and accountability. Oxfam selected seven companies – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Barry Callebaut, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, Olam Group and Wilmar International. The scorecard measures […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

Showing 133 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Measuring Social Norms on Unpaid Care Work: Insights from Oxfam’s household care surveys

12/10/2021

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes the approach to measuring social norms related to unpaid care work in Oxfam’s Household Care Survey (HCS), and discusses benefits and limitations of this approach. The HCS is a quantitative research tool developed through Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme. It measures adults’ and children’s time spent on unpaid care work […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Briefing paper

Moving the Middle: Oxfam’s Behind the Brands assessment of the global agribusiness sector

31/03/2023

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s agribusiness scorecard is a benchmarking tool that measures global agribusinesses’ policies and implementation plans on five issue areas: women’s economic empowerment, land, climate change, small-scale producers, and transparency and accountability. Oxfam selected seven companies – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Barry Callebaut, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, Olam Group and Wilmar International. The scorecard measures […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

Showing 133 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Measuring Social Norms on Unpaid Care Work: Insights from Oxfam’s household care surveys

12/10/2021

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes the approach to measuring social norms related to unpaid care work in Oxfam’s Household Care Survey (HCS), and discusses benefits and limitations of this approach. The HCS is a quantitative research tool developed through Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme. It measures adults’ and children’s time spent on unpaid care work […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Briefing paper

Moving the Middle: Oxfam’s Behind the Brands assessment of the global agribusiness sector

31/03/2023

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s agribusiness scorecard is a benchmarking tool that measures global agribusinesses’ policies and implementation plans on five issue areas: women’s economic empowerment, land, climate change, small-scale producers, and transparency and accountability. Oxfam selected seven companies – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Barry Callebaut, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, Olam Group and Wilmar International. The scorecard measures […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]