In Thailand intensive fishing by big business has caused a stark decline in seafood stocks which is threatening food security and the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities. Here, Werapong …
Land policy makers need to focus on how change happens
OxfamAs delegates start filing in for the World Bank’s annual Land and Poverty Conference, Ross Clarke explains why a critical point of discussion should be the divergence between land policy …
Are you paying a living wage? Four ways to check
OxfamThere is no single, universal way to calculate a living wage. It is contextual with a wide range of influencing factors leading to significant variation on national and regional levels. …
What would it take to deliver a living wage in supply chains?
Rachel WilshawThe concept of a living wage is not something new, but with recent reports warning of the lag between wages and productivity and outlining the failures in trickle down economics, …
Beyond a ‘glass wall’: women address invisible barriers to economic empowerment
Thalia KidderWomen’s heavy and unequal share of care work often goes unspoken and unrecognised creating an invisible barrier for women’s empowerment. Here, Thalia Kidder introduces a series of infographics illustrating the demands of …
If I were president… how would the children of Mukuru change the world?
OxfamFrom vegetable-growing pilots and meteorologists to doctors and teachers. Mora McLagan hears the children of Mukuru’s hopes and dreams for the future and finds out what they would do if …
Women and care work: a snapshot from Sri Lanka
OxfamHow does change happen at a household level? Sonali Gunasekera, former Oxfam gender adviser in Sri Lanka, on how the rapid care analysis tool can identify practical ways to support the …
Austerity in Europe: why repeat history’s mistakes?
OxfamToday, we launch a new paper that uses the lessons from Africa, Latin America and South East Asia to warn against aggressive austerity programmes in Europe. Krisnah Poinasamy, one of …
What’s the poverty footprint of cut flowers? Oxfam’s new report with IPL
Rachel WilshawIn our latest Poverty Footprint report, released today, we’ve teamed up with IPL (owned by ASDA and the biggest importer of fresh produce into the UK). Our report aims to …
You spoke and companies listened
OxfamLess than two months ago, Oxfam called on the three largest chocolate companies to do more for the women who grow the cocoa used in Oreos, M&Ms and Crunch bars, to name …
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