We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes, and we campaign so that voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them. Oxfam Ireland is calling on the next Government to: Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to beat poverty for good. For example, increase investment in early years education to bring overall expenditure in line with the UNICEF recommendation of 1% of GDP. Ireland must also advocate for the protection and integrity of aid in multilateral instruments, particularly in ongoing negotiations on the EU’s Multi Annual Financial Framework. 2 of the Constitution about the role of women in the home to amend the language so it is gender neutral and recognises the value of care work in Irish society. Their aim was to work together for greater impact on the international stage to reduce poverty and injustice. Budget 2020 allocated €837m to Ireland’s ODA programme; an increase of approximately €21m on the amount pledged in Budget 2019. Last year, Oxfam Ireland, in partnership with Irish Aid, worked in over 10 countries and reached 8.05m people through our development and humanitarian programmes. Waive the income requirements for those who have received international protection who apply for family reunification through non-EEA general administration mechanisms. He has served on Oxfam Canada’s Board of Directors since 2013 and as a member of the Oxfam International Board of Supervisors since 2016. Amend the International Protection Act (2015) to expand the definition of family to include young adults who are dependent on the family unit prior to flight, parents, siblings, in-laws and any other dependent relative. Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Often there are limited resources or time to explore it in a meaningful way. Oxfam International Secretariat has less than 300 staff globally, while the Oxfam affiliates have around 10,000 staff and nearly 50,000 interns and volunteers located around the world, working in 90 countries, to end poverty and injustice and to save lives. Despite these clear and accepted international standards, Ireland has failed to take adequate steps to protect the right to family life for refugees. Globally, women do more than three-quarters of all unpaid care work. OXFAM 2020 WASH STRATEGY There are numerous internal and external drivers for this new Oxfam WASH strategy. Contact us, by email, twitter or whatever social media works for you and hopefully we can share your story too and reach our global audience. However, Ireland still has some distance to travel to reach its target of spending 0.7% of national income on ODA. The general election on February 8th 2020 offers the opportunity to reimagine Ireland as a global political leader when it comes to critical issues that we are facing. Vulnerability to disaster and climate change matters because it perpetuates and deepens poverty and suffering. The commitment was marked during Oxfam Go-Live on 1 April 2016. All these invisible tasks traditionally belong to them but are neither counted nor valued. The Malawi Tea 2020 partnership , for example, improved wages for 50,000 workers without impacting tea prices for end consumers. Corporate tax avoidance negatively impacts efforts to reduce global poverty reduction. Overall the world’s 2,153 billionaires own more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the entire population of the planet. Our vision is a just world without poverty. Mary McMahon Date: February 25, 2021 Oxfam's works to empower the world's impoverished people.. Oxfam is an international charity which is focused on fighting poverty and empowering impoverished individuals around the world. It is affecting many of the communities with which Oxfam works; undermining their livelihoods through gradual, insidious changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, and increasing the frequency and/or intensity of hazards such as floods and droughts. Despite significant progress in reducing poverty in the last 20 years, recent evidence suggests that the pace of global poverty reduction is slowing. #Sustainability 3? Subsequently, we commit to the use of a holistic antifraud and corruption framework. It can threaten livelihoods and exacerbate poverty. The aim is to move past the current take-make-waste extractive industrial model using three key principles: Oxfam Ireland works with a wide range of companies committed to sustainability. Thus, to reach this target Ireland needs to spend about 20% of its ODA budget on climate finance. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter: Contact | Privacy | Cookies notice | Terms & Conditions. When families are reunited, the presence of relatives can accelerate integration for both new arrivals and family members already in Ireland. However, a lot more needs to be done to develop the potential of the circular economy in Ireland. We have seen first-hand the devastation that Europe’s flawed migration policies are causing, and we want to challenge this response by presenting positive, alternative solutions. Oxfam Ireland calls on the next Government to: Deliver annual reductions in climate-polluting emissions of at least 8% a year over the lifetime of the next Government, i.e. While the number of people arriving in Europe irregularly through the Mediterranean has dropped significantly from the peak in 2015, the situation for many refugees and migrants in Europe has gotten worse. Prior to Oxfam, Ms. Bucher was the Chief Operating Officer at Plan International, and led Fundación Plan Colombia where she worked alongside children and communities affected by Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict and contributed to peace building and youth active citizenship, influencing the country’s approach on restorative justice for children. There is currently 1 Observer Member: Oxfam Colombia (since March 2020). The most important external driver is the increasing demand for humanitarian support in the changing humanitarian context. Designing waste and pollution out of the life cycle of a product. Oxfam has no obligation to provide answers to questions sent after this date. ODA committed in Budget 2020 was approximately 0.41%of national income using a new modified measure of the size of the Irish economy known as GNI*. Safeguarding concerns and fraud/corruption related misconduct can be reported online. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prescribe that the family is a fundamental unit in society and one which is entitled to protection by society and the State. Absence of such laws means that consumers purchase products and services tainted by abuses and environmental devastation, and millions of savers have their (pension) savings invested in companies that are behind these abuses. This is equivalent to 12.3% of the Irish economy. A lifecycle assessment can assist with policy design as it can be used to determine the relevant measures to reduce environmental impact. The fund’s main objective was to improve the livelihoods of smallholders linked to Unilever’s extended value chains. Reception systems in countries of arrival – in Greece and Italy – are over capacity. When we think of gender inequality, our minds tend to leap to wage packets and glass ceilings. ‘Reducing the risk of fraud and corruption occurring to an absolute minimum’ conveys more accurately our intent to proactively and tirelessly squeeze the problem. Realising this pledge is critical to upholding Ireland’s reputation in the global donor community and delivering on the ambition of Ireland’s ODA plan A Better World. To this end, the objectives of the Foundation are: Women bear the heaviest burden. They work to influence high-level decision-makers to ensure their policies affecting poor countries have a far-reaching, positive impact on those most in need. th Oxfam-Québec World Walk which will be held on Friday, May 8th, 2020 in Montréal, under the theme "The gift of climate justice." Oxfam Ireland calls on the next Government to: Increase Ireland’s development aid budget to 0.7% of national income by 2025, while maintaining the integrity of ODA. #ClimateAction2? There is clear and growing evidence that Ireland is still acting as a ‘conduit’ facilitating large scale tax avoidance. However, we are calling on the new government to reach this commitment within its lifetime. Issues such as climate change, tax justice, gender equality and migration require visionary leadership, solidarity and a unity that is found by focusing on our shared humanity rather than our differences. The corporate world has a huge impact on sustainability. The implementation of the OCS is coming to an end in September, 2020. Women and girls are putting in 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work every day, which amounts to a contribution to the global economy of at least $10.8 trillion a year – more than three times the size of the global tech industry. the legally binding Carbon Budget for the period 2021 to 2025 would be equivalent to 8% year-on-year reductions compared to 2020. Require all Government Departments to produce an equality budgeting impact statement on a statutory basis, to provide proper scrutiny of the impact of economic and taxation policies, as well as spending priorities, on women and girls.