Evaluation gurus Kimberly Bowman and Claire Hutchings reflect on what Oxfam has learnt in our efforts to monitor the effectiveness of our advocacy campaigns.
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Horsemeat scandal got you wondering where your food really comes from? Well, we've got good news and bad news.
The good news: Oxfam has just released a simple way for you to find out which of the biggest food and drinks companies have the best - and the worst - social and environmental policies.
The bad news: None of the 'Big 10' companies - including - Coca-Cola, Kellogg's and Nestlé - score well on protecting...
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Labour rights issues revealed in our recent report on Unilever in Viet Nam can be found much closer to home, say guest bloggers Catherine Howarth and Ania Klis of FairPensions.
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Ben Phillips gives a personal reflection on the struggle for aid justice and why the time is right to give aid the credit it deserves.
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Oxfam's recent report on labour rights in Unilever's supply chain in Viet Nam revealed a gap between policy and implementation, but the company's commitment to transparency sets an example to others.
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After a difficult start, Oxfam's fragile states project Within and Without the State has been making significant and exciting progress in South Sudan over the last few months. The team are now at the stage of selecting civil society organisation (CSO) partners. Rama Anthony explains more.
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If you had bags full of money and wanted to buy land, where would you go for a good deal? If you're only looking for ways to make a good profit and control your risk exposure, surely you would look for a place where you can influence the terms of the deal. This is the intuition behind the analysis published yesterday by Oxfam.
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Applause today must go to Unilever's courageous decision to allow Oxfam unfettered access to its operations and supply chain in Vietnam. This has resulted in a new report that reveals both high ideals and implementation hiccups when it comes to the quality of jobs Unilever directly provides or supports through its supply chain in Vietnam.
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Oxfam GB has today published a groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever's supply chain. It is groundbreaking not so much because of its content (although as the project's technical advisor and co-author of the report, I do think we have some fascinating findings to present). No, it's the fact that a company as large as Unilever is voluntarily opening up its operations, procedures and supply chain to an NGO known for
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Zimbabwe is currently re-writing its constitution and women in Zimbabwe have seized the opportunity to push for equality and women's rights.
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