Laura Gyte describes why Oxfam intervened in a court case brought against the UK government over arms sales. Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal heard a claim brought by …
Making international development campaigns work for girls
Rosie WaltersRosie Walters discovers how girls can take a much more creative approach to feminist activism than campaigns would give them credit for. In the past decade, countless campaigns have emerged …
Accommodating uncertainty in advocacy and campaign evaluation
Jim Coe and Rhonda SchlangenJim Coe and Rhonda Schlangen, experienced advocacy evaluators, discuss the evolving challenge of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning in the context of influencing work. Over the last couple of decades, …
How Oxfam has influenced for change over the last 75 years
Ruth Mayne, Andrew Wells-Dang and Chris StalkerIn advance of the Oxfam Research Network’s Evidence for Influencing conference (Soesterberg, Netherlands, 23-24 October), Ruth Mayne, Chris Stalker and Andrew Wells-Dang look back over Oxfam’s history of influencing and …
World-wide influencing: what is it?
Steve Price-ThomasA changing world poses new challenges, and opens up new opportunities, for Oxfam’s work to end poverty, inequality, and injustice. Steve Price Thomas, Oxfam International’s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns …
Influencing for social justice: nudge, shove, show or shout?
Sally Golding and Ruth MayneWhat do, closed door talks with civil servants about climate change, street theatre about the impacts of domestic violence, and anti-tax haven marches have in common? Answer: They’re all about …