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Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people.
The report shows that if Canada does not ensure equal access to affordable child care, progress towards closing the economic gender gap will stall and the country’s economic growth will be stifled.
In an increasingly unequal world, advancing gender equality is fundamental to tackling inequality and poverty.
Canada sits at a critical juncture in its efforts to advance gender equality and implement its Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). This policy paper explores why and how Canada can advance its global leadership on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top.
Women helping women survive and thrive. Women’s Economic Empowerment is a key priority within the Feminist International Assistance Policy, and Oxfam Canada is pleased to share our latest policy report on this issue and how Canada can take the lead.
Oxfam Canada’s Feminist Principles shape and guide our approach to our work across the organization – with partnership, in our long-term development work, in our humanitarian programming, in our policy advocacy and campaigns, and in our organizational culture and behaviour.
70 civil wars. 68.5 million people displaced. 730 million in extreme poverty. One person driven from their home every two seconds.
Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance.