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

Charles is an IDP living in an abandoned medical centre with 21 other families in the DRC. Credit: Suzi O'Keefe/Oxfam

Leaving no one behind in our evaluation practice

Stephen Porter

September 6th, 2018 Methodology, Real Geek

Stephen Porter reflects on the importance of understanding why people are left behind in development practice and acknowledging what goes unseen and unsaid in evaluations. Leave no one behind is …

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Ulita Mutambo’s and her husband Muchineripi Sibanda walk to collect water from an OXFAM built water pump just over a 1km from their home in Ture Village, Zvishevane region, Zimbabwe. Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville / Oxfam

Care work matters – public services and infrastructure can make a difference

Thalia Kidder and Claudia Canepa

April 26th, 2018 Gender, Women's Economic Empowerment

Thalia Kidder and Claudia Canepa explain why unpaid care work matters in tackling poverty and gender inequality, and discuss what can be done to recognise, reduce and redistribute the work …

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Children on their way to school in Horijon Palli, Bangladesh.

New series launch on urban development

Hashim Zaidi

April 28th, 2017 Governance, New Urbanism

Hashim Zaidi, Global Urban Work Lead, introduces a new blog series on urban development and why it is important to Oxfam. Cities today are home to 3.9 billion people accounting for 54% …

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The SDGS, an opportunity for business to do better

Ruth Mhlanga

February 13th, 2017 Active citizenship, Aid

Over a year in, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) show no sign of losing momentum. Ruth Mhlanga reflects on how businesses can support the SDGs to create a world free from …

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The politics of inequality; who is measuring what and why?

Deborah Hardoon

October 24th, 2016 Inequality, Methodology, Real Geek

Our latest real geek instalment explores different measurements of inequality and how our understanding of the data they produce is crucial to the issue as a whole. here is no …

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Accelerating Action: The need for next generation water targets

Suzanne Zweben

October 14th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Originally posted by CEO Water Mandate, this blog calls for transformational change in water stewardship efforts. here is an opportunity for leading companies endorsing the CEO Water Mandate to rise …

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School children in Haiti

Political decision on aid needs to take a more functional approach

Daniela Rosche

September 14th, 2016 Aid

While politicians grapple with setting course to achieve the SDGs, they need to look at the core function of development aid and the role it can and should play in …

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Women’s economic empowerment and cash transfer programming

Rose Smith

September 2nd, 2016 Aid, Gender, Her Series, Women's Economic Empowerment

Cash Transfer Programmes (CTP) are increasingly becoming more popular in relief response, but how can they help women’s economic empowerment? Rose Smith from The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) gives us …

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Let’s take a bigger leap for women with disabilities and economic empowerment

Hannah Loryman

August 30th, 2016 Gender, Her Series, Women's Economic Empowerment

In this latest addition to her our Her Series, we look at the barriers women with disabilities face. Hannah Loryman from CBM sheds light on just some of them.  he …

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Older women: Invisible linchpins of the household economy

Kate Horstead

August 15th, 2016 Gender, Her Series, Women's Economic Empowerment

Older women are often over looked in policy making and programme development in tackling unpaid care. As part of our Her Series, Kate Horstead from Age International offers her perspective …

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