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Coffee and Tea Workers the Focus of New ILO project Launched in Lao PDR

Workers in Lao PDR’s coffee and tea sectors are set to benefit from better access to social protection and improved occupational safety and health following the launch of a new International Labour Organization (ILO) initiative funded by the European Union (EU).

Oxfam Reaction to Announced US Support of WTO TRIPS Waiver on COVID Vaccines

In response to the news that the US has backed a waiver on Intellectual Property for Covid-19 Vaccines, the Peoples Vaccine campaign responded with this reaction: This is the decision the world needed: by backing a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines the Biden...

Oxfam staff visit a informal workers at a recycling factory in Lao PDR

Covid-19 Impact Assessment: Socio-Economic Impacts on Returnee Migrant Workers in Lao PDR (2021)

Many Laotian migrant workers lost their jobs when shops, retail outlets and local markets in Thailand were closed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The lockdown in Thailand led to peaks in unemployment, income loss among the most vulnerable and queues at overland crossings to return to Laos. The...

Oxfam in Asia - Asia Resilience Hub - Statement: AMCDRR 2018

Oxfam Statement: Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR 2018)

Asia could and must lead the world to a new era of shared prosperity by reducing disaster impacts, holding true to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 call to "Leave no one behind". Oxfam supports the 8th AMCDRR and aims to work side by side with ministers, organizations, and other actors...

Lao Youth Model Organic Farmer

Anouthikone Sipaseuth (Top), is an organic vegetable farmer from Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. Influenced by a young Thai programmer turned farmer, he left his job as an IT and Business professional at the National Treasury of Luang Prabang province to start an organic vegetable farm. In 2017,...

Voice Annual Linking and Learning 2020

“Together We Are Stronger” Linking and Learning is at the heart of all Voice country programs. It is a process that enables various stakeholders to share experiences and lessons from development initiatives while adhering to the three core elements of VOICE: include, influence, and innovate. From...

Inclusion Project Phase II: Lao Women Leaders in Natural Resource Management

“Coordinating joint activities to support the livelihoods of each family, clarifying misunderstandings among group members, and maintaining harmony because, without it, we would not be able to work.” Kaisone shoulders several responsibilities as the leader of the Lao Women Union and the Clean...

Women Land Rights: Integrating Gender into Responsible Agriculture Investment (RAI)

February 15, 2022 Hosted by the Land Information Working Group (LIWF), Community of Practice (CoP) members including Oxfam, Helvetas, Care, ADWLE, GDA developed Women Land Right tools. The purpose of the pilot was to test the tools, through three main awareness-raising activities listed in the...