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Emerging Themes
As a part of its first five year strategy, Oxfam India had also outlined some of the emerging themes which needed our attention, given their increasing importance in our development practices. While not necessarily connected with each other, it was recognized that they reflect the changing dynamics of development in and outside India and unless we also begin to build critical work around the same, our regular development work organized around four key themes would remain incomplete. Hence we decided to work on key emerging themes like urban poverty recognizing some of the recent analysis which says that the incidence of urban poverty is increasing faster and in more extreme ways due to migration and informalisation of labour. We also recognize that India is soon poised to become the youngest nation and we need to work with youth building their stake in the shaping of this country. We also recognize that communalism and peace building given its sheer importance for the secular fabric of our country, remains an ongoing commitment. At the same time, the changing image of India as a global leader through its active role in the new forms of global governance like G 20 and BRICS, is critical for shaping the larger development policies at the global level. We have taken this as part of our international mandate where our ongoing national priorities could be supplemented by this theme.
Urban Poverty
Oxfam India worked with 6 partners over 6 states (Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) and in 15 cities to directly reach 482500 families under this emerging theme. It primarily focused on the issues of the homeless, pavement dwellers, women domestic workers and waste pickers and in helping them articulate their demands for shelter and identity proofs to avail various basic social benefits. This is done through organising resource centres (as in UP) and helplines (called 'labourlines' in Rajasthan), engaging with local municipal administration and helping workers organise under different banners.
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Oxfam India firmly believes in the secular-democratic values enshrined in the Indian Constitution. It believes that secularism is the corner stone of Indian democracy. It also believes that conflict, not only hampers the development process but also adversely affects the poor and the marginalised much more. It is also Oxfam India’s understanding that communalism is an issue which needs to be made a part of general sensitivity of all the development practitioners regardless of their areas of work.
Read moreIndia and the World
This stream of work is a new area undertaken by Oxfam India and is still under development. The aim of the program is to influence global issues that affect poverty and injustice in India as well as India's role in key global institutions like G20, BRICS etc for a propoor development agenda. Ahead of the G20 Summit in Cannes in 2011, Oxfam India, in association with several of its partners, prepared position papers on food security and agriculture, innovative financing, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the G20, tax justice, health and climate financing.
Read moreYouth & Active Citizenship
Unleashing the Power of Youth Oxfam India & Nokia partner to redefine Sustainable Consumption - The Youth and Active Citizenship program at Oxfam India, aims to protect, promote and advance young people’s human rights by facilitating their participation and development in society in order to build sustainable and effective democracies. Oxfam India recognizes the need to engage with the changing dynamics of development and build critical alliances around the same.
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