Mission and Vision
A just world, without poverty. That is our mission. We believe that people can build independent livelihoods, provided their rights are respected. That is why we help people around the world to stand up for their rights.
1. Right to sustainable livelihood resources
Everybody must be sure of a fair income and enough to eat. Yet this is not the case for 20% of the world’s population. That is why we are working on better access to land and water, and on fair working and trading conditions.
2. Right to basic social services
Education and health care are essential for building better societies. Yet even as we make progress towards universal primary education, around the world, there are still 130 million kids in school who fail to learn basic reading, writing and maths. When governments fail to deliver, Oxfam together with partner organizations invest in quality basic social services.
3. Right to life and security
Natural disasters, climate change and armed conflicts hit millions of people every year. We support them with relief aid and reconstruction. And we prepare people to prevent or mitigate the effects of disasters and conflicts.
4. Right to social and political participation
Knowledge is power. We believe that when people can participate in public decisions that affect them, they can build independent livelihoods and thriving communities.Together with partners we give people access to information and a voice.
5. Right to an identity
Gender inequality is both a violation of human rights and an obstacle to sustainable development. In a just world there is no place for the discrimination of women and minorities.
Our Core Values
When people’s basic rights are respected, we can rid the world of poverty and injustice. This is what we stand for:
- Empowerment
We work on the basis of the power and potential of people. We provide practical and innovative solutions to empower people to build their livelihoods without poverty.
- Accountability
We call on those in power to consider people in a vulnerable position in word and action. And we of course account for our own work to governments, donors, supporters, volunteers, corporations and almost 17 million Dutch men and women.
- Inclusiveness
We are all equal, irrespective of the accident of birth, gender, faith or sexual orientation. In all our work we give special attention to the position and rights of women and minorities. And given the potentially pivotal role of women as agents of change, gender justice is at the heart of everything we do.
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Displaying 141 - 145 of 328OPDP #OurLandOurRight Kenya
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Following an eight-year legal battle, the Court#s judgment finally provides a long awaited unique opportunity for enforcing the respect of the human rights of the Ogiek as well as other minority and indigenous peoples (MIPs) in Kenya, by securing their access to productive resources (land <(>&<)> water mainly), as well as by fostering space for their political participation. The first ever indigenous community rights decision of 26 May 2017, the Court formally recognised the importance of respecting indigenous communities# land rights in Africa by ruling that the Ogiek's right to their ancestral lands, and linked cultural and religious rights among others, had been violated by the Government of Kenya as a result of decades of evictions in the name of conservation. As such, the ruling provides a unique opportunity for the Ogiek to secure the recognition of their rights violated until now and in partnership withother indigenous communities in Kenya and Africa to pursue changes in the law, policy and practice governing the rights of indigenous peoples and natural resources, especially when linked to conservation building upon this historical precedent. In these favourable circumstances and within the first 12 months following the ruling, the project will ensure the rapid and effective implementation of such an exceptional decision by collectively engaging and mobilising all key identified stakeholders, to (i) facilitate and prepare the ground for the Court's forthcoming reparations order and (ii) to initiate the enforcement of the ruling, to monitor the firststeps of its implementation and pave the way for it to benefit other Minority and Indigenous communities (MIPs) in Kenya and acrossAfrica facing similar issues.
IPD-K#Mwanati Asilia
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The indigenous people of the Coast of Kenya i.e Mijikenda, Wagunya, Pokomo, Boni, Wardei and Watta have lived as squatters on theirrightful land according to the report of the “Truth, justice and reconciliation commission”, as a result of the illegal acquisition of large tracts of land from indigenous communities during the colonial period. This project aims to collaborate with relevant National and County Government land duty bearers to promote legal land ownership and utilization in the community in accordance with land policy and written law by September 2021. IPD-K will raise awareness in Malindi and Magarini sub counties on the right to own andutilize land at the ward and sub county levels by June 2022 and support willing indigenous individuals and communities to access land offices to initiate the acquisition of land legal documents by December 2022.
Counterpart 506989 Cambodian Human Right
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The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) was established in 1994 by a group of local NGOs in order to promote human rights, democracy, rule of law and peace in Cambodia. CHRAC is currently a coalition of 22 local neutral, non-partisan, non-governmentalorganizations in Cambodia. With this project, CHRAC aims to empower men and women to be vibrant rights holders in claiming for their land and natural resource rights; and just and strong legal systems enacted and enforced. CHRAC is expected to 1/ make Cambodian community people, especially land affected community people to become vibrant right holders to seek for remedy, 2/to make the communities# concerns on land and natural resource issues heard by relevant state authority and other competent authorities, 3/ To ensure land dispute resolutions are found in a just manner, 4/To ensure land law, policy and regulation on land and natural resource are fully enforced and right to land and natural resource are fully protected and 5/To make critical fundamental laws on judicial system incountry revisited and reviewed and advocacy to have law on land reclassification in order for the protection of the land rights.
Oxfam US
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ONs contribution of euro 30.000 to the second year of the existing Pan Africa land programme will replace the contribution of OIE (year 1) and will be spent on: 1) The design and commission of 4 country case studies on womens land rights in Africa and on 2) Theprovision -by a senior land advisor- of strategic support to Oxfams Women Land Rights Advisor for analysis and engagement on initiatives that involve womens land rights policy and indicators. Overall objective of ONs contribution is to join forces with OUA and OGB to use the present Africa land programm as a means to grow a broader Oxfam land programme at AU level, taking advantage of existing opportunities.
CO-Oxfam Novib Vietnam
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Phase 1 (2015 - 2017): In this initial phase, Oxfam in Vietnam will conduct research and advocacy on Vietnamese cross-border agricultural investments in Laos and Cambodia. We will prioritize leading crops like rubber, coffee, and sugar cane, with an aim to reducing social and environmental impacts of investment. The project will be coordinated and managed by the land governance program team in Vietnam, in cooperation with Oxfam country offices in Laos and Cambodia, Oxfam Hong Kong, and a range of local government, NGO andprivate sector partners. Phase 2 (2017 - 2018): Building on the achievements of Phase 1, this project (Phase II) will continue to work towards the same objectives by pushing for the adoption and implementation of the guidelines for Vietnamese agriculture OFDI developed in the pilot phase and expanding the project to Myanmar. Key expected outcomes in Phase II include: 1. Vietnamese companies investing in Laos and Cambodia make public commitments to implement the guideline on responsible agricultural investment in the Mekong Sub-region. 2. Vietnamese businesses with current or planned agricultural investments in Myanmar make public commitments to implement the guideline on responsible investment. Total direct beneficiaries of Phase 2 are 10,000 persons, while indirect beneficiaries are around 300,000 persons in this particular project.