Politics of Poverty
Ideas and analysis from Oxfam America's policy experts
Politics of Poverty
What Puerto Rico Teaches Us About Shifting Power in Humanitarian Action
The World Humanitarian Summit promised a more localized humanitarian system, but a critical question remains: what does real change actually look like in practice? Almost ten years after Hurricane María first struck Puerto Rico, an exit evaluation on Oxfam’s Puerto Rico program conducted by Integrated Risk Management Associates offers some answers.
Politics of Poverty
SHIFTing Power: Women’s Organizations at the Heart of Humanitarian Action
Women and girls experience heightened vulnerability in emergencies, but often their knowledge, skills, and agency are not recognized or appreciated, and their needs not adequately addressed. Ironically, the very organizations best equipped to respond to these realities, women’s organizations, remain marginalized and underfunded in the humanitarian system. How can we resolve this critical problem and save more lives? Enter SHIFT Asia, a project meant to support the leadership of women’s organizations in humanitarian action.
Politics of Poverty
Women’s Labour Skilling and Social Norms Paradox
School and higher education is not translating into jobs for men and women, which is true for women more than men. Here lies the skilling paradox.