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Evaluation report

Final Evaluation: Building Livelihoods and Strengthening Communities in Wales project

01/04/2016

5 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The Building Livelihoods and Strengthening Communities in Wales project was funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Unilever and Oxfam, and was delivered by nine local partner organisations in communities across Wales between 2012 and 2016. The project piloted the use of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in working with different groups experiencing poverty and marginalisation and […]

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Briefing paper

A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar

24/03/2016

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […]

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Briefing paper

Ending the Era of Tax Havens: Why the UK government must lead the way

14/03/2016

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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The gap between the rich and the rest is growing. Tax havens are at the heart of the inequality crisis, enabling corporations and wealthy individuals to dodge paying their fair share of tax. This prevents states from funding vital public services and combating poverty and inequality, with especially damaging effects for developing countries. The UK […]

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Research report

What Makes For Decent Work? A study with low-paid workers in Scotland

09/03/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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The experience of work and its security and rewards have changed significantly in recent decades. Increasingly, large numbers of people experience work which is insecure and which is paid at levels which do not allow families to live above the poverty line. In Scotland, around half of the working age adults experiencing poverty live in […]

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Case study

Wisdom from Everyday Development: A collection of vignettes from South Africa

01/03/2016

1 documents

122 pages long

Languages: English

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This collection of stories of change brings together various short vignettes from community based organizations in South Africa under five key themes from programme work in country. The key areas of focus of these stories are: food security and livelihoods; active citizenship; gender and vulnerability; embracing community complexity; and partnerships. These are all crucial areas […]

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Education resource

What makes work decent? Resources for 11-18 year olds exploring the world of work

22/02/2016

8 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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What should work be like? What makes work decent? Explore what different factors contribute towards making work decent or good. Over the course of two engaging and participatory sessions, learners will consider their own and other people’s ideas about the world of work and develop their own opinions. Learners will explore ideas about who has […]

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Evaluation report

Assessing Oxfam’s Contribution to Changes in Social Norms in VAWG/GBV Programming Globally

08/02/2016

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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This document focuses on assessing the outcome of Gender Justice Change Goal: Violence against women is significantly less socially accepted and prevalent by 2019. The key question that frames this evaluation is: how has Oxfam contributed to changing cultural norms and ultimately behaviours to prevent GBV?

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Case study

Oxfam’s Journey in South Africa

01/02/2016

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam Affiliates have a long history of supporting civil society organizations in South Africa, spanning the pre and post-apartheid period. This short historical document provides a brief glimpse into Oxfam in South Africa and some of its achievements. In South Africa, the involvement of Oxfam grew from just one affiliate to at least ten affiliates […]

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Education resource

Even it Up Poetry Challenge

01/02/2016

1 documents

Languages: English

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Oxfam has partnered with the Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network to give young people the opportunity to make their voices heard on global and gender inequality issues. The Even it Up Poetry Challenge is open to young people aged 11-25 working on their own, and to teachers submitting the work of their students. We are […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy For the 1%: How privilege and power in the economy drive extreme inequality and how this can be stopped

18/01/2016

10 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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The global inequality crisis is reaching new extremes. The richest 1% now have more wealth than the rest of the world combined. Power and privilege is being used to skew the economic system to increase the gap between the richest and the rest. A global network of tax havens further enables the richest individuals to […]

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