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Welcome or Over-Reaction?: Refugees and asylum seekers in the Welsh media

14/05/2001

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In the 1990s the issue of refugees and asylum seekers has become highly politicised in the UK. Locally, regionally and nationally some politicians have used the issue of refugees claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to gain support for their own political parties. The national media focussed their reporting on the issues in London and […]

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Journal article

Islamic business and business as usual: a study of firms in Egypt

01/02/2001

14 pages long

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Fifteen Egyptian firms producing goods and services were classified into two sets by method of finance, i.e. profit sharing for the seven Islamic versus debt-at-interest for the eight non-Islamic firms. Interviewed in 1993 and 1994, the two groups were found to be similar in customer relations and market behaviour and in paternalism towards employees. However, […]

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Discussion paper

Beyond Civil Rights: Developing economic, social, and cultural rights in the uk

01/01/2001

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

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With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000, the mainly civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights are, for the first time, directly enforceable in UK law. While welcoming this significant advance, the authors argue that protection should be extended to the full range of economic, social, […]

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Journal article

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

01/11/2000

9 pages long

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The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

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In October 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (otherwise known as the Women’s Convention). As of September 2000, 62 states have signed the Optional Protocol, and nine of these have ratified it. Women’s rights activists hope that […]

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Journal article

Dissolving the difference between humanitarianism and development: the mixing of a rights-based solution

01/08/2000

4 pages long

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The conventional (but false) dichotomy between humanitarianism and development, hitherto grounded in the perceived differences between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, respectively, is not merely unhelpful in practical terms but also serves to diminish our understanding of the shared issues underlying the two discourses. There are welcome signs, however, of a growing […]

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Briefing note

Immigration and Asylum Debate 12/4/2000

13/04/2000

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Journal article

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

01/03/2000

8 pages long

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Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

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People are confused about the concept of gender as used in development planning and practice, and male-dominated institutions are still resistant to it. This is threatening the achievement of women’s rights and equality and the transformation of gender relations, argues Judy El-Bushra, and explores some definitions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

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Journal article

Human rights and religious backlash: the experience of a Bangladeshi NGO

01/02/2000

12 pages long

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As part of a human rights education campaign, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) fixed Governance,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from the religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlash and sets out strategies for how development organisations can achieve their objectives in the face of opposition. The […]

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Briefing paper

Palestinian Refugees and Unrwa

01/02/1999

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam GB has been working with Palestinian refugees for fifty years, supporting initiatives in health, education and livelihoods. It currently supports projects which involve refugees in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, in the fields of vocational training, early childhood development, and gender. Within the framework of its programme and advocacy interests in the Middle East, […]

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Discussion paper

The International Dimensions of Work: Some implications for the UK

01/01/1998

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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Globalisation, or the expansion of international trade and investment experienced since the early 1980s, has brought gains to some countries and groups of workers, while marginalising and excluding others. This paper argues that some of the causes of and the solutions to the UK’s recent employment problems lie at the international level. Such problems as […]

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