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Campaign report

Lift Lives for Good: Actions to tackle inequality and climate change

26/12/2013

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s vision is of a just world without poverty and suffering. If people are empowered to help themselves, and to help others in their communities, a chain reaction of change can be set in motion. Oxfam calls this lifting lives for good. To spread that change and make it last, political solutions are needed to […]

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Research report

Truth and Lies about Poverty: Ending comfortable myths about poverty

10/12/2013

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Many people today believe that the key factors driving poverty in the UK are the personal failings of the poor – especially ‘idleness’. In this report, we expose the most prominent myths about poverty in the UK, which are frequently reinforced by politicians and the media. These myths allow the poor to be blamed for […]

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Briefing note

Typhoon Haiyan: The response so far and vital lessons for the Philippines recovery

07/12/2013

3 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Typhoon Haiyan not only killed thousands and made millions homeless. It also struck an already poor region, pushing families deeper into poverty, and making them more vulnerable to the next disaster. Governments and individuals have acted generously. Despite serious challenges, the aid response is now expanding. But crucial gaps must still be urgently addressed. And […]

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Discussion paper

What Can Governments Do To Empower Poor People?

18/11/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Whether guaranteeing access to justice, promoting norms of equality and respect, ensuring access to quality essential services, or supporting citizens’ organization and voice, governments can play an important role in the empowerment of poor and excluded groups and individuals. Reviewing dozens of case studies, along with the latest conceptual work on empowerment, this paper shows that […]

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Evaluation report

Raising Her Voice: The power to persuade

11/11/2013

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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From 2008-2013, Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme worked with 45 local partners, 141 community activist groups, and over 1,000 coalition members to create more effective governance systems by ensuring that women’s voices influence decisions about services, investments, policies and legal frameworks, from community, through to national and regional levels. This summary draws on findings from […]

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Discussion paper

India: Moving Towards Equal Opportunities for All?

24/10/2013

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Inequality

Overview

Decades of rapid and unequally shared growth in India are adding new dimensions to old disparities along gender, caste, religious and tribal lines. But this trend stayed at the margin of public debates until recently. Discussions about inequality seemed to evolve in fragmented territories: economists debated about the comparability of inequality measures; policymakers discussed the […]

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Discussion paper

Within and Without the State Learning Exchange 2013 Communiqué

22/10/2013

1 documents

Languages: English

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The Within and Without the State (WWS) Learning Exchange 2013 took place in Juba, South Sudan. The emphasis of the workshop was on sharing experience, discussion, and reflection on governance programming in fragile contexts, which enabled participants to bring together their learning from the WWS programme and explore areas for future development. The communique outlines […]

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Briefing paper

Universal Health Coverage: Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind

09/10/2013

8 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish

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Overview

Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health. Everyone – rich or poor – should get the health care they need without suffering financial hardship. Unfortunately, some donors and developing country governments are promoting health insurance schemes that exclude the majority of people and l may also reinforce inequality – by prioritizing people who […]

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Education resource

Behind the Brands: Explore the connection between big companies, sugar and land grabs

07/10/2013

4 documents

Languages: English

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This resource for 11-16 year olds helps learners understand some of the issues involved in sugar cane production and compare and contrast these issues with the values Pepsi and Coca-Cola use to promote their brands. It introduces learners to Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign and suggests how they could use what they have learnt to […]

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Case study

A Mushrooming business: How Oxfam is facilitating development of the horticulture sector while improving the status of women in Rwanda

25/09/2013

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shares the work of Oxfam’s Livelihood programme, Women’s Economic Leadership, in the horticulture sector in Rwanda. It shows that with the right business opportunities and training, women working in rural agriculture can be savvy business people, innovators, breadwinners, and community leaders.

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