Oxfam America
For Research To Inform A New Program On Transparent, Accountable Financial Flows For Development
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Amount$110,000
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Program
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Date Awarded5/22/2012
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Term10.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
With Hewlett's support, Oxfam America will research and produce a planning paper for how greater transparency on financial flows for development can translate into stronger public accountability between citizens and states on pro-poor public policies and investments. A number of other Oxfam affiliates and external organizations are already deeply invested in this field. This research will aim to position Oxfam America as a useful ally on these issues within the broader Oxfam confederation, and as a partner to other Hewlett grantees, such as the International Budget Partnership, Revenue Watch and Publish What You Fund. Ultimately, the planning paper will feed into Oxfam America’s next strategic plan (2013 to 2019), which proposes a major new program of work called "Active Citizenship in Pursuit of Effective Development Investments".
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.oxfamamerica.org
Address
77 North Washington Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program
Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. This grant to Oxfam America will support Oxfam’s implementation of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and support opportunities for influencing unpaid care and domestic work in regional and global spaces. The WE-Care program works to increase women’s and girls’ time and choice to participate in economic, political, and social life by transforming how unpaid care and domestic work is valued, shared, and invested in through supporting civil society and women’s rights organizations, educating men and boys and religious and cultural leaders, and conducting policy influencing. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for citizen participation and accountability in public financial management in Burkina Faso
Through this grant, Oxfam America and Oxfam Spain will support Oxfam Burkina Faso to strengthen the participation of women, men, youth, and local civil society and civic groups in the management of public finances. Oxfam Burkina Faso and its local partners will provide relevant information, technical support, and mechanisms for citizens to provide input and track the use of local development mining funds in several municipalities. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for the development and implementation of an advocacy strategy on unpaid care and domestic work
Oxfam is a global movement of people creating lasting solutions to the social injustice of poverty and inequality. This grant to Oxfam America will support the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program. WE-Care is Oxfam’s flagship initiative to increase women’s and girls’ time and choice to participate in social, economic, and political life by transforming how unpaid care and domestic work is valued, shared, and invested in. This grant will support advocacy for unpaid care and domestic work and undertake a collaborative co-creation process to design the next phase of the WE-Care program globally, regionally, and nationally in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
