New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality left majority of world’s countries woefully unprepared for COVID-19 8 October 2020 Very low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labor rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were woefully ill-equipped to deal with COVID-19, reveals new analysis from Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) today.
Sweatshop wages and unpaid care work: the double burden on Asia’s women as its economy booms 31 May 2016 Asia’s economic success has been paid for by poor women, who work long hours for poverty pay and do the majority of unpaid care work, according to a new report by Oxfam today.