17 May 2013
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Irit Tamir
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Blog channel: GROW
While gender equality is enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and in legislation in most countries,...
2 May 2013
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Rachel Wilshaw
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Blog channel: GROW
The tragic collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has put a spotlight on the poor pay and working conditions endured by millions of people who make our clothes or grow our food.
1 May 2013
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Irit Tamir
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Blog channel: GROW
For many people around the world the first of May is International Workers’ Day, a chance to celebrate the role of workers and labourers in our society. So we thought this would be a good time to...
24 April 2013
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Al Kinley
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Blog channel: GROW
With your help, Oxfam has been campaigning since September on land grabs, as part of our GROW campaign for food justice. We wanted the World Bank to take some urgently needed action to help end land...
23 April 2013
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Anna Kramer
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Blog channel: GROW
More sweet news today for chocolate lovers: the biggest chocolate maker in the world, Mondelez International, has agreed to take steps to address inequality facing women in their cocoa supply chains...
23 April 2013
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Irit Tamir
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Blog channel: GROW
Less than two months ago, Oxfam called on the three largest chocolate companies to do more for the women who grow the cocoa that is used in Oreos, M&Ms and Crunch bars—just to name a few.
22 April 2013
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David Waskow
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Blog channel: GROW
To support Earth Day, 22 April we’re posting this analysis of how Big food companies must deal with the causes and the consequences of climate change.When I read headlines like this one last week, “...
19 April 2013
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Al Kinley
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Blog channel: GROW
It’s been a busy few months for Oxfam campaigners, and it’s all been leading up to this moment: the World Bank Spring Meetings. Here’s why they’re so important to us, and to the people we’re...
19 April 2013
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Josephine Whitaker
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Blog channel: GROW
50,000 Oxfam supporters are watching to see whether the World Bank will deliver on land grabs commitments
17 April 2013
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Hannah Stoddart
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Blog channel: GROW
At the beginning of its Land and Poverty Conference this week, the World Bank Group put out a
