Parents and children’s early years education Increasing amount of evidence shows that early years children nutrition, health and learning play a crucial factor for brain development and prepares them for the next schooling years. Important stakeholders in global development such as the World Bank emphasize the high returns on investments in early learning programs for…
For the last four months I was a Communication and Campaigning intern at the Empower Youth for Work programme. A place filled with skilled and passionate professionals that strive to make a change. During the internship I heard the words ‘influencing’ and ‘empowerment’ often but what exactly do they mean in regard to this department?…
“I don’t like travelling” ‘I don’t like travelling’. Slightly surprised I take another sip of my drink. I am at my friend’s house in Amman, talking to one of his colleagues. Not a statement you would expect from someone in his mid-twenties. All my friends from home proudly flush their social media accounts with pictures…
‘The future of work’ is a hot debated topic within academia, among governmental stakeholders and the international development community, but what is ‘the future of work’ actually? What does it entail? Well, it has something to do with the digital age, with sustainable growth, with climate change, with technical change, with robots replacing human labour,…
It has already been four months since I started my internship at Oxfam Novib and with only one month left, time flew by faster than I imagined. Reality met my expectations and I am more than happy to have joined this organization. Dedication, inspiration and importance: those would be the three words that describe Oxfam…
On 17th of May, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia took place. To celebrate it, a brown bag lunch was organized at Oxfam Novib which aimed to shed more light on the importance of inclusiveness and integrity in the workplace. Watch a short video from that day to get a glimpse of the event.…
The use of artivism The LGBT+ communities face discrimination and human rights abuse in many countries, ranging from loss of housing and jobs to extreme violence and even murder. 72 countries still criminalize LGBT+ relationships in some way, and many other types of laws deny even the most basic rights and dignity to LGBT+ people[i].…
Billie Jean King who won 39 tennis Grand Slam titles between 1966-1975. King was married to a man but in a secret homosexual relationship. In 1981 a lawsuit forced King to publicly come out as bisexual, becoming the first prominent professional female athlete to do so. This cost her $2 million in sponsorship in a…
Together with Oxfam Novib Academy students, we tried to capture the essence of participating in the Oxfam Novib Academy. We hope you enjoy watching!
Applications for the internship positions for the fall period of 2018 are now open. View the positions here.
Let me take you back to the beginning of my internship. My internship started in January of this year at the gender justice team. The first time I heard about the gender action learning system (GALS) methodology was while talking with my thesis supervisor and colleagues. I witnessed the passion and blink in their eyes while explaining the methodology.…
Dina is the only one of his 18 brothers and sisters that got the opportunity pursue an education. The basic facilities that form a stable way of living are not always easy in the Gambia. What is living and growing up there like? How did the political tensions of 2017 affect the Gambian population? Dina…
