Politics of Poverty

Ideas and analysis from Oxfam America's policy experts

Politics of Poverty

The unequal burden of extreme heat at work

As the planet warms, extreme heat is becoming more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting, and nowhere are its effects felt more directly than in the places where people work.

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A Bigger Table: Why LGBTQIA+ Inclusion is Critical for Local Humanitarian Leadership

The humanitarian system is lagging in ensuring the inclusion of people with diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC). There is an assumption that localizing efforts will result in the needs and voices of the most vulnerable being elevated and addressed, yet evidence shows otherwise.

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It’s time to wake the sleeping giant

At the EITI Global Conference, Oxfam called for the transparency commitments built over two decades to be enforced in today’s resource deals.