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Towards a Gender-Sensitive Private Sector in the OPT

14/04/2021

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning paper describes Oxfam's experience of conducting a Participatory Gender Audit with private sector companies in the agriculture sector in the OPT. It highlights issues such as women’s limited access to the labor market, their weak representation both as staff and as decision makers, the absence of gender-sensitive working conditions and policies, and a lack of […]

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Briefing paper

Still Treading Water: Reviewing six years of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism and the dire water situation in the Gaza Strip

22/03/2021

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Six years after the establishment of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM), people in Gaza continue to live on the brink of disaster as a result of 13 years of the Israeli blockade. The water, sanitation and health (WASH) sector remains significantly damaged, with Gaza facing the complete collapse of its wastewater treatment system. The reconstruction […]

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Briefing paper

Shining a Spotlight: A critical assessment of food and beverage companies’ delivery of sustainability commitments

17/03/2021

9 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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From 2013 to 2016, Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign called on the world’s 10 biggest food and beverage companies to adopt stronger social and environmental sourcing policies and spurred significant commitments on women’s empowerment, land rights and climate change. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens inequality and food insecurity around the world, we assess whether […]

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Annual report

Enhancing Livelihoods Fund: Final Report

29/01/2021

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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Over a quarter of the world’s population makes a living farming and working on small areas of land. These smallholder farmers contribute significantly to global food supply chains, but despite this make up a large proportion of the world’s poorest people, with many living on less than $2 a day. Between 2015 and 2020, Oxfam, […]

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Briefing paper

The Inequality Virus: Bringing together a world torn apart by coronavirus through a fair, just and sustainable economy

25/01/2021

8 documents

83 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to lead to an increase in inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began. The virus has exposed, fed off and increased existing inequalities of wealth, gender and race. Over two million people have died, and hundreds of millions of people […]

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Case study

How Oxfam Has Worked With Unilever to Enhance its Social Impact

22/01/2021

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study is notable for how one of the UK’s foremost companies, Unilever, engaged with Oxfam’s request to conduct a ‘gap analysis’ between the company’s labour rights policies and the reality on the ground for workers. Following the research in Vietnam, for which the company provided unprecedented access to its staff and suppliers, Unilever […]

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Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

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M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

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Research report

An assessment of overall effectiveness of agricultural multi-stakeholder initiatives with specific attention to smallholder inclusiveness, and recommendations for improvement

31/12/2020

1 documents

79 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam engages with multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) to discover how they can further move sectors towards social, economic and environmental sustainability. The main purpose of this report is to assess the current roles of MSIs on key social and human rights topics and to explore how they can improve their performance on these topics. In addition, […]

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Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

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Case study

The World Fair Trade Organization: Scaling equitable business models

20/11/2020

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shows how fair trade and other mission-led enterprises can be economically viable while simultaneously generating important social and environmental benefits. In contrast to conventional business models which prioritize short-term financial returns to shareholders, mission-led businesses put social and environmental goals on a par with economic ones, thereby overcoming a key structural driver […]

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