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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

5 lessons learned on how to conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment

Tim Gore

April 17th, 2019 Food & livelihoods, Private sector

Oxfam recently conducted a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) with Finland’s biggest supermarket. Tim Gore shares more. Human rights abuses are widespread in global food supply chains – from forced …

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Behind the BarcodesHuman rights impact assessment

Are supermarket canned tomatoes now free from labour exploitation?

Tim Gore

February 26th, 2019 Agriculture, Food & livelihoods, Inequality, Livelihoods, Private sector, Rights

Tim Gore shares three key findings from Oxfam’s human rights impact assessment of the Italian processed tomato sector. There have been a range of media and NGO reports in recent …

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Behind the BarcodesHuman rights impact assessmentLabour rightsSupply chains
A pineapple farmer from Rwanda walks to her farm. Since joining the Tuzamurane Cooperative, she feels empowered and has saved enough money to buy a cow and support her family. Photo: Aurelie Marrier d’Unienville/Oxfam

How to end human suffering in supermarket supply chains

Tim Gore

July 2nd, 2018 Food & livelihoods, Private sector

Last week Tim Gore introduced Oxfam’s new research and campaign focused on the problem of human suffering in food supply chains, here he outlines solutions. If problem analysis captures media headlines …

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Behind the BarcodesRipe for ChangeSupermarketsSupply chains
Oxfam and the Sustainable Seafood Alliance Indonesia examined the working conditions in prawn processing plants and exporters in Thailand and Indonesia respectively, which supply some of the biggest supermarkets in world. Adrian Mulya/The Sustainable Seafood Alliance Indonesia.

The human price of stocking supermarket shelves

Tim Gore

June 21st, 2018 Food & livelihoods, Private sector

The supermarket sector is ripe for change.  Tim Gore, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research for Food Justice at Oxfam International, describes key findings from Oxfam’s research into the human suffering in …

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5 lessons from the latest report on climate change

Tim Gore

March 31st, 2014 Climate Change, Disasters, Humanitarian

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today, reveals a grim picture of increasing extreme floods, drought, food shortages, conflict and economic damage. Here Tim Gore summarises …

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