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What are supermarkets doing to protect the people who produce our food? Photo: Adrian Mulya/TheSustainable Seafood Alliance Indonesia

Worker’s rights, gender economic inequality and tiger worm toilets: Our most read content in 2019

December 23rd, 2019 General

As 2019 comes to an end, we thought we would share with our readers the top 10 most read blogs from the year. Thank for you for following this blog …

Four female activists tell us what they need from their international allies

November 7th, 2019 Gender, Influencing

What really influences our behaviours?

Thomas Dunmore Rodriguez and Ruth Mayne

October 21st, 2019 Influencing, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

How can civil society curb negative behaviours and practices, such as violence against women and girls, or promote positive ones such as regular handwashing habits? Thomas Dunmore Rodriguez and Ruth …

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How can we help avert climate breakdown?

September 19th, 2019 Climate Change, Influencing

Drawing on her research and her own experiences Ruth Mayne, Oxfam’s senior researcher on Influencing, reflects on what more might be done to achieve a fast and fair transition to …

"June 2018 - Riverside to Payson"by lauraleedooley is licensed under CC BY 2.0

How we are driving a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Marti Flacks and Eniko Horvath

August 30th, 2019 Climate Change, Influencing

As we scale up investment in renewable energy, it is time for companies to adopt strong human rights practices. Eniko Horvath and Marti Flacks, from the Business & Human Rights …

5 Top Tips for Designing Research to change Social Norms on Gender (or anything else)

Anam Parvez Butt and Gopika Bashi

August 9th, 2019 Gender, Influencing, Research, Violence Against Women and Girls

Anam Parvez Butt is a Gender Justice Research Lead in the research team at Oxfam GB. Gopika Bashi is the Asia Campaigner for the Enough Campaign at Oxfam International.

In the Dominican Republic, the Coalition for the Rights and Life of Women demonstrate to demand a presidential veto of a law criminalising abortion even in cases of rape or harm to the mother or baby. Credit: Lorena Espinosa, Oxfam in Dominican Republic.

Feminist leadership in action

Damaris Ruiz, Yohanka Valdes, Maritza Gallardo Lopez and Tamsin Smith

May 23rd, 2019 Agriculture, Gender, Inequality, Influencing, Participation and Leadership, Violence Against Women and Girls

Tamsin Smith interviews Damaris Ruiz, Yohanka Valdes, and Maritza Gallardo Lopez, from Oxfam’s Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) Regional Women’s Rights and Gender Justice group. They share five ways they …

Can Twitter help drive policy change? Photo: Red Scarf by Gregory Jordan is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Can Twitter help drive policy change?

Rodrigo Barahona, Virginia Vaquera and Patricia Corcuera

May 17th, 2019 Active citizenship, Gender, Influencing, Violence Against Women and Girls

Oxfam Intermón has supported allies using digital actions to put issues on the political agenda. Rodrigo Barahona, Virginia Vaquera and Patricia Corcuera share seven critical success factors. In recent years …

Daw Ma Khine Oo is a leader who advocates for community needs and supports others when their rights are infringed. Photo: Dustin Barter/Oxfam

Why care is a political act

Shawna Wakefield and Heather Cole

May 9th, 2019 Active citizenship, Gender, Inequality, Influencing

Facilitators Shawna Wakefield and Heather Cole outline why self and collective care is fundamental to social justice, and how individuals and organizations can lead by example. There are many ways …

Users – the key to better sanitation design

April 9th, 2019 General, WASH Impact Series, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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