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 …
Cocoa and the global goals: accelerating women’s empowerment
Ulrike Joras and Gaël LescornecHow can business build gender equality into supply chains? Oxfam’s Ulrike Joras and Gaël Lescornec of the World Cocoa Foundation, share lessons from the cocoa industry and introduce a new …
Care work matters – public services and infrastructure can make a difference
Thalia Kidder and Claudia CanepaThalia 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 …
No hope of earning an income for Syrian women in Jordan
Aisha ShtiwiAs decision makers meet in Brussels to discuss the situation of Syrian refugees, Aisha Shtiwi shares the story of Ghozlan, one of millions of women refugees who can’t access work. …
How improving access to water can help reduce care work
Lucia RostChanges to infrastructure and equipment can make a real difference to time spent on care work . Lucia Rost and the WE-Care team share research from the Philippines, Uganda and …
Four ways to make trade work for gender equality
Marion SharplesHow can trade work for, not against, gender equality? Marion Sharples shares the key messages from a recent webinar hosted by Oxfam and the Gender and Development Network. Women’s economic …
Findings from a meta-analysis of women’s empowerment projects
Simone LombardiniWhat overall impact are Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects having? Simone Lombardini and Kristen McCollum attempted to answer this question by conducting a meta-analysis of our effectiveness review evaluations. Here Simone …
Critical junctures and the redistribution of care work
Martin WalshWomen’s heavy and unequal contributions to care work are a challenge to their participation in social, economic and political life and overall wellbeing. How can project interventions change this? Senior …
Women’s work? Challenging gender roles in the Philippines
Nikki van der Gaag‘We forget our tiredness when the kiss is there.’ Nikki van der Gaag reports from the Philippines on a partnership that is changing ideas about men’s and women’s roles in …