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Scene from a women’s group sponsored by AWYAD. “Women who used to be afraid to speak up are now leading women’s groups,” says AWYAD field coordinator Teddie Babu. Photo: Elizabeth Stevens / Oxfam America

Standing up for women’s rights and local leadership in Uganda

Elizabeth Stevens

December 10th, 2018 Gender, Governance, Humanitarian, Participation and Leadership, Refugees and IDPs, Violence Against Women and Girls Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Stevens describes how a small, local NGO has had an outsized impact on Uganda’s refugee response. Heart, guts, big ideas, and an investor. If you are launching a tiny …

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Local leadershipUgandawomen's rights
Renu Bala, President of the Panjhorvanga Dairy Enterprise in Bangladesh. Photo: Abir Abdullah / Oxfam

Investing in women’s entrepreneurship is not enough

Caroline Ashley, Dr Miranda Morgan, Thalia Kidder and Fabian Llinares

October 31st, 2018 Gender, Private sector, Women's Economic Empowerment Leave a Comment

Ahead of the Gender Smart Investing Summit, Caroline Ashley, Miranda Morgan, Thalia Kidder and Fabian Llinares set out Oxfam’s top tips for gender-smart investing. So you want to invest in women and …

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#genderlensgender equalitywomen's rights
An Iraqi woman looks out of her damaged house. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/Oxfam

Now is the time for women’s rights in the Middle East

Farah Kobaissy

November 21st, 2017 Active citizenship, Gender, General Leave a Comment

The realization of women’s rights and gender justice in the Middle East and North Africa is inseparably entwined with conflict resolution and peace building efforts explains Farah Kobaissy. “No matter …

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Arab SpringMENAMiddle Eastwomen's rights
A Lahore side street. Credit: Guilhem Vellut via wikimedia commons.

Claiming rights for women in Pakistan’s informal economy

Hadia Majid and Ammar A. Malik

June 6th, 2017 General, New Urbanism Leave a Comment

Urban growth in Pakistan brings new challenges for women and new gender inequalities. Hadia Majid and Ammar A. Malik  identify key factors which could help women workers in the informal …

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informal economyPakistanWomen work and wageswomen's rights
Marzia Babakarkhail Credit: Oxfam

‘I am human and I have hope’: Working with women in Oxfam’s shops

Nikki van der Gaag

June 1st, 2017 Gender, General Leave a Comment

The Future Skills programme is empowering marginalised women in the UK to grow in confidence and pursue their goals through shop work experience. Nikki van der Gaag recently visited Oxfam’s …

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Future skillsUK programmewomen's rights
A woman speaks at an event organised by LDDF regarding political participation in Rabat, Morocco,

Role models for the next generation: women and democracy in Morocco

Nikki van der Gaag

March 8th, 2017 Gender Leave a Comment

We arrive in the village in Larache province in Morocco via several wrong turns and a long bumpy earth road that wasn’t really a road at all, to find a …

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gender justiceInternational Women's DayWomen's leadershipwomen's rights

A manifesto for a new era – or seven reasons why the Women’s March was different

Nikki van der Gaag

January 26th, 2017 Gender Leave a Comment

Nikki van der Gaag reflects on her experience of the Women’s March on London; why Oxfam supported it, why it was different from past events and where we can go …

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gender equalityGender equityWomen's marchwomen's rights

This is not bad luck it is sexist violence

Damaris Ruiz

January 5th, 2017 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls Leave a Comment

Damaris Ruiz, Coordinator of Women’s Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean, looks at the social acceptance of violence against women and what we can do to end it.  “What …

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GenderGender Based Violencegender equalityGender equityVAWGwomen's rights

The right to defend human rights in an unequal world: The case of Mexico

Veronica Rodriguez Jorge

December 8th, 2016 Climate Change, Gender Leave a Comment

Defenders of human rights often put themselves at personal risk to carry out their work. This blog examines the vulnerabilities human rights and land rights activists face, especially female activists …

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Human rightsHuman rights defendersLand rightswomen's rightsWomen's rights defenders
A banner from an event promoting girls' education in Mperembe, Mzimba, 3rd December 2016.

Make education safe for all: Let girls learn!

Anthony Malunga

December 7th, 2016 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls Leave a Comment

Oxfam’s Gender Justice Programme Coordinator in Malawi, Anthony Malunga, reflects on Malawi’s education system and on what can be done to protect girls in the classroom and support their aspirations. …

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Educationgender equalityGender equityVAWGwomen's rights
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© 2018. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SC039042).
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

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