Less 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 just a few. But what happened next? Irit Tamar explains.
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Students of Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College spent their International Women's Day supporting the Oxfam We Can campaign and standing up to violence against women. Hundreds of students gave up their time to give International Women's Day 2013 a purpose.
The day was spent learning about the violence related issues facing women on an everyday basis in Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan....
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Advocacy officer Helena Whall on the forthcoming historic opportunity to create a binding robust treaty that will regulate the international trade in arms.
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Our Behind The Brands campaign launch kicked off with a call for Mars, Mondelez International and Nestlé to stop ignoring the women who are working in their cocoa supply chains. Between them, these three companies net more than $45 billion a year in confectionery sales. But throughout their cocoa supply chains - from growers to pickers - women are getting a raw deal.
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It's been a fantastic first week of land campaigning with stunts, action and a social sonic boom.
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When the negotiations for an Arms Trade Treaty were blocked by the US at the last moment in July there was collective disappointment from all the campaigners and the governments who had worked on it for so long. Resolve was high to overcome this delay and get a treaty agreed as soon as they could. Foreign Secretary William Hague made a statement immediately afterwards, saying that the government needed to "maintain the momentum and
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