Gender equality

Oxfam is concerned about gender inequality because the majority of the world’s poor are women: around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty, on less than one dollar a day, are women and girls.

Papers and resources

Programme insights:

• Education and Gender Equality

• Learning for Action on Women's Leadership and Participation

• The Africa Women’s Protocol

Gender & Development Journal

Links - Oxfam's newsletter on gender

Gender Equality and Men (GEM)