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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.

Monthly chat with management sessions for workers, introduced after the first Oxfam study into working conditions in Unilever’s Vietnam operations (credit: Unilever Vietnam)

The value of partnership in boosting ambitious corporate commitments

Elen Newcombe-Ling

January 25th, 2021 Livelihoods, Private sector

The need for bold commitment and action from the private sector The private sector – whether global multinationals or local businesses – has a huge impact on livelihoods and living …

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Women distribute hygiene kits in refugee camp, Yemen

Collaborating through crisis

Katie McLean

September 23rd, 2020 Emergency, Private sector

How are Oxfam partnering with the private sector to respond to the coronavirus pandemic? We have been getting creative and resourceful in our partnerships with Unilever, Burberry and ASOS.

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Salimata, one of the cocoa farmers involved in the Enhancing Livelihoods cocoa project in Côte d’Ivoire, pictured alongside her plot of maize. Photo: Lono

Working with companies on women’s economic empowerment in value chains

Ulrike Joras

August 27th, 2020 Agriculture, Food & livelihoods, Women's Economic Empowerment

Salimata 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 …

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Oxfam and Unilever’s laundry brand, Surf, have been in a partnership to address unpaid care work – giving women more choices to improve the quality of their lives, and create a brighter future for their families. Photo: Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville / Oxfam.

Why businesses are addressing unpaid care work

Sarah Hall

June 4th, 2019 Gender, Inequality, Participation and Leadership, Private sector, Women's Economic Empowerment

Sarah Hall, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) Programme Manager, explores what businesses stand to gain from easing the burden of unpaid care and domestic work. A productive, healthy …

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Paulina Sibanda’s husband Opheus Dube helps her with cooking in their kitchen in Zvishevane region, Zimbabwe. Paulina is a beneciary of the Oxfam We-Care project in partnership with Unilever/Surf. Paulina received this fuel efficient wood stove and as well as a solar panel. Credit: Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville / Oxfam

How businesses can tackle the social norms that limit women

Claudia Canepa

September 7th, 2017 General, Private sector, Women's Economic Empowerment

Across the world, women make a significant contribution to global supply chains, in spite of complex hurdles that limit their inclusion and their leadership. How can businesses make it easier …

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