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Mongolian feminist activist Ontontuul Tsend-Ayush poses at an Enough campaign Asia regional convening held in Bangkok in October 2018. Photo: Bethan Cansfield

Local to global campaigns challenging power and patriarchy

March 6th, 2020 Gender, Influencing, Violence Against Women and Girls

Chariklea Poucha and Gopika Bashi describe how co-creation, innovation & taking a feminist approach to campaigning has enabled the Enough campaign to start shifting social norms that perpetuate violence against …

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Youth activism in Peru is changing the narrative

Isabel Crabtree-Condor

March 3rd, 2020 Active citizenship, Influencing, Youth

Last week 110 young activists arrived in Lima to be part of the National Activism Laboratory 2020. This is a safe space for young activists, between the ages of 18-30, …

I am not from Gaza

Laila Barhoum

February 4th, 2020 Governance, Influencing, Land rights

As part of our Influencing Series we will soon be sharing a number of blogs on the power of narratives and stories. Here we share a first hand experience from …

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

Amy Moran

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

PowerShifts

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?

Ruth Mayne

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 …

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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 …