EU emissions cuts only achieved among poorer Europeans, while emissions of richest 10% have grown EU emissions reductions since 1990 resulted from a fall in the emissions of lower- and middle-income Europeans, while the emiss
Training the trainer in Iraq: human-centered design at work In 2019, Oxfam Great Britain, in collaboration with the Oxfam in Iraq team and the Oxfam MENA Regional Platform, conducted research in Iraq, Ghana and Myanmar using a human-centered design approach to analyze and understand the critical barriers and preferences influencing community members around reporting of sexual exploitation, abuse and fraud.
From catastrophe to catalyst Oxfam analysed the World Bank’s emergency health funding to 71 countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While its response has been rapid and significant, Oxfam finds that the World Bank has missed vital opportunities to strengthen public health systems so they can tackle COVID-19 and deliver health for all in the future.
The PSEA journey in Ghana: raising awareness and mitigating risk Lydia Doe, People and Culture Manager, has been a Safeguarding Focal Point and responsible for implementation of Safeguarding strategy and policies for Oxfam in Ghana since 2017. “A healthy and safe workplace is the most important and will make people stay in the long run. People prefer dignity over money”, she says.
Climate change, inequality and resilience in Bolivia In 2009, an Oxfam report highlighted five main effects that Bolivia could expect as a result of climate change: less food security; less water availability; more frequent and larger-scale “natural” disasters; an increase in mosquito-borne diseases; and more forest fires. About 10 years later, a similar team of experts traveled to different regions of the country, to explore some aspects that could not be covered in the previous visit and to observe the changes.
Claiming and reclaiming the digital world as a public space This paper seeks to highlight the experiences and aspirations of young women and feminist activists in the MENA region around digital spaces, safety and rights. It explores individual women’s experiences engaging with the digital world as a space of resistance, despite restrictions on civic space.
Uneven ground: land inequality at the heart of unequal societies In most countries, land inequality is growing. Worse, new measures and analysis published in this synthesis report show that land inequality is significantly higher than previously reported. This trend directly threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide involved in smallholder agriculture.
Incoherent at heart: the EU’s economic and migration policies towards North Africa Pre-pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa focused on two main paradigms: trade liberalization and the minimization of both regular and irregular migration. These agendas were incoherent and had overwhelmingly negative implications for the livelihoods and employment opportunities within the EU for the most vulnerable people in the Maghreb.
From Rhetoric to Action: The EU must stand by human rights promises at European borders Blog by Raphael Shilhav The European Commission has recently proposed in its new Pact for Migration and Asylum that each member state will have to establish screening centres to mon
Funding the humanitarian response in Yemen This paper looks at donor contributions to the 2020 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan to date. Using a methodology based on the relative global share of Gross National Income for high-income countries, it examines whether these countries are doing their ‘fair share’ in funding the response to the crisis in Yemen.