Politics of Poverty
Ideas and analysis from Oxfam America's policy experts
Politics of Poverty
In time of crisis, local women’s leadership is solidarity in action
The global rollback on women’s rights and gender justice endangers lives. Now more than ever, we must hold the line and stand with grassroots women leaders as they strengthen community resilience and fight the anti-gender justice backlash.
Politics of Poverty
When the United States lost USAID, it also lost its vision for locally led, people-centered foreign assistance
Beyond funding cuts, the loss of USAID weakened U.S. leadership on advancing people-centered aid and shifting power to local actors.
Politics of Poverty
From Oregon to Minnesota, human rights defenders are under attack
Attacks on activists, journalists, and others defending human rights place the United States within a global trend of repression. Can we move from a sense of American exceptionalism to solidarity?