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As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Campaigning outside the UK Houses of Parliament. Oxfam has been calling on the UK government to immediately suspend its arms exports to Saudi Arabia. With others, we are now mounting a legal challenge. Photo: Andy Hall.

Law as a tool to empower and achieve change

Noelie Coudurier, Sreetama Gupta Bhaya and Laura Gyte

April 1st, 2019 Active citizenship, Climate Change, Governance, Influencing, Protection, Rights, Tax

Noélie Coudurier, Sreetama Gupta Bhaya and Laura Gyte share a wealth of examples demonstrating how law can help drive positive change. As campaigners, we can feel ambivalent about law. As …

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Demonstration outside Barcelona City Hall, one of many public actions calling for Tax Havens Free Zones. Photo: Oxfam Intermon

Tax Havens Free Zones. Where think global, act local is more than just a slogan.

Rodrigo Barahona and Susana Ruiz

March 25th, 2019 Active citizenship, Inequality, Influencing, Tax

Rodrigo Barahona and Susana Ruiz describe how the Tax Havens Free Zones initiative is gathering momentum in the fight against inequality and poverty. When large companies and wealthy individuals divert …

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A revitalised Malawi tea industry shows that institutional investors are key to helping improve jobs in supply chains. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith

Investors driving better quality jobs

Rachel Wilshaw

March 7th, 2019 Agriculture, Inequality, Influencing, Livelihoods, Private sector

Rachel Wilshaw, Oxfam GB’s Ethical Trade Manager, explains why investors are key to improving working conditions in global supply chains. At the World Economic Forum in January, an exchange between …

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A woman holds a banner while marching through the streets of Lima, Peru. Photo: Percy Ramírez / Oxfam America

Using elections to amplify people’s voices

Rodrigo Barahona and Isabel Crabtree-Condor

February 12th, 2019 Active citizenship, Influencing, Participation and Leadership

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 …

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