Elections can be an important influencing opportunity for people living in poverty. Rodrigo Barahona and Isabel Crabtree-Condor share what Oxfam has learned from our work in four countries. Elections are a …
Taxing wealth is key to fighting inequality
Didier JacobsConventional wisdom about taxing wealth is shifting, writes Didier Jacobs, Oxfam America’s Senior Policy Advisor. Long dismissed as unfeasible, and frowned upon as politically incorrect, radical ideas are now gaining …
Should companies act when civic freedoms are under attack?
Mauricio Lazala and Ana ZbonaMauricio Lazala and Ana Zbona, from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, discuss how companies can help support civic freedoms and human rights defenders in the countries where they …
If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it: Quality in WASH responses
James BrownAs we launch our WASH Impact Series, Oxfam’s Quality Assurance Project Manager, James Brown introduces a new global initiative to help organisations focus on achieving quality in humanitarian WASH responses. …
Inequality, Intersectionality and Innovation: Our 2018
Susanna GriffithsSusanna Griffiths, Digital Content Editor for Views & Voices, takes a look back at our most popular content in 2018 and reflects. The number of people living in extreme poverty …
Motivating people to take action: towards an Asian narrative on tax justice and financial transparency
Amy CroomeAmy Croome, from Oxfam GB, interviews fellow researchers, and civil society actors, on approaches, challenges, and opportunities to tax justice in Asia. For two days academics, activists and civil society …
Making change happen
Emily GillinghamOxfam GB’s Head of Publishing, Emily Gillingham, explains why and how we developed a free, online course for changemakers, and what the early results show. “I’m hoping this course will …
Reinventing the toilet
Brian McSorelyBrian McSorley on Oxfam’s contribution to ensuring the poorest people on the planet have access to a loo. Earlier this month, Bill Gates stood up to address an international conference …
Oxfam and Burberry: Moving ‘beyond audit’ to impact
Rachel WilshawEngaging with Burberry as a ‘critical friend’ has helped Oxfam to understand barriers and opportunities for better workers’ rights. Rachel Wilshaw describes how collaboration has enabled us to innovate and test …