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Innovation case study: R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
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Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign assesses companies’ performance on social responsibility, compares them with their peers, and challenges them to use their enormous power to help create a more just food system.
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Oxfam works with men and women farmers in the rice-growing area of Haiti’s Artibonite Valley to raise their voices and improve their livelihoods.
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Politics of poverty blogDefining a feminist foreign policy
No “pinkwashing.” We should challenge political leaders and policymakers that sell feminism short.
Politics of poverty blogThis Equal Pay Day, here are 10 ways to narrow the gender wage gap
Take action today to tackle this unjust disparity that disproportionately affects mothers and women of color.
Politics of poverty blogUS Congress: Save lives in Yemen now
As the war enters its 5th year, the House and Senate must both act–or be complicit in Yemen’s continued spiral into famine.
Politics of poverty blogThe battle for the future of food: A Q&A with author Timothy Wise
His new book explores what small-scale farmers can teach us as the hunger and climate crises converge like never before.
Politics of poverty blogRoom to improve: Why food and beverage companies need to push for better sourcing
From makers of candy bars to cereal, the biggest brands are poised to help solve the world’s most pressing challenges. But can their suppliers deliver?
Politics of poverty blogThe EU should blacklist the US as a tax haven
Tax avoidance and evasion will only grow if Europe doesn’t have the guts to confront the world’s second largest offender.