What really influences our behaviours?
Thomas Dunmore Rodriguez and Ruth MayneWe are re-running this blog in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was originally published in 2019. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of individuals adopting particular behaviours for …
Betty’s journey: Climate, Covid and Care
Power in the Pandemic Podcast“Just because the entire world was on lockdown, doesn’t mean that climate change or the patriarchy was on lockdown. The patriarchy is not on lockdown. Climate change cannot be contained” …
Low costs, high risks, and empty promises? The price of oil in East Africa
Andrew BograndIf constructed, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) would become the world’s longest heated pipeline. Communities that will be impacted are worried about their land, money, environment, and future. Oxfam is urging project developers and the governments of Uganda and Tanzania to listen to these communities and take immediate action.
The UK is fuelling the war in Yemen, this can’t go on
Martin Butcher and Richard StanforthIn July, the UK Government announced the resumption of new arms licences to Saudi Arabia for weapons to be used in the Yemen war. This is despite Oxfam colleagues in …
Using technology to enhance youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa
Shekhar Anand and Ahmed ElassalChallenges in context According to an Oxfam report, half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by COVID-19. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), warned that the crisis is expected …
Podcast – Maggie’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care
Power in the Pandemic Podcast“I think, African voices and the voices of black African women are very much missing when it comes to the discourse around climate the climate crisis” – Maggie MaponderaThis is …
Working with companies on women’s economic empowerment in value chains
Ulrike JorasSalimata Kone (pictured) is a cocoa farmer and lives with her husband and children near Divo, a city in southern Côte d’Ivoire. She took part in a project to improve her family …
Podcast – Hindou’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care
Power in the Pandemic Podcast“You can’t speak about us, without us” – Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim This is the first episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, COVID, and Care: Feminist Journeys zine which …
Between a feminist and operational approach to Afghan women in the police
Dr. Jorrit KammingaPolitical uncertainty has reigned in Afghanistan following the US-Taliban deal signed in February 2020 and the dispute around who the legitimate president was following the elections in September last year. …