Shelter from the storm: the global need for universal social protection in times of COVID-19 15 December 2020 As 2020 draws to a close, the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. Our analysis shows that none of the social protection support to those who are unemployed, elderly people, children and families provided in low- and middle-income countries has been adequate to meet basic needs.
Fighting inequality in the time of COVID-19: The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2020 8 October 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has swept across a world unprepared to fight it. Only one in six countries assessed for the CRI Index 2020 were spending enough on health, and in more than 100 countries at least one in three workers had no labour protection such as sick pay.
El Niño: The case for urgent action 16 December 2015 Millions of poor and vulnerable people face hunger and poverty this year and next because of record global temperatures, droughts and erratic rains in 2014 and 2015, compounded by the development of possibly the most powerful El Niño on record.
The G20 and Gender Equality 13 July 2014 Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labor, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions.
75 years is too long to wait for equal pay: Oxfam urges G20 to act on gender gap 13 July 2014 Women won’t be paid as much as men for another 75 years. That’s according to a report released by Oxfam today, which urges G20 leaders to tackle gender inequality when they meet in Australia later this year.
Risky jobs and domestic violence - new report reveals ‘hidden’ social costs of today’s high food prices 22 May 2013 A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in a joint report published today.
Squeezed: Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility 22 May 2013 Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rapidly rise and fall, though nobody know
The Global Economic Crisis and Developing Countries 26 May 2010 Behind the official statistics, farmers, manufacturing workers, migrant workers, waste-pickers, and women working unpaid in the home all over the world are asking the same question: ‘What h
Poor countries cutting back crisis response too soon 21 April 2010 Poor countries are being forced to cut back on their economic crisis-response spending too soon. Education and social protection budgets are particularly badly affected. Oxfam is calling on the IMF to take steps to reverse this trend.