What is Oxfam’s policy on equal opportunities?
Oxfam GB’s commitment to equality applies to everything we do. Externally it is at the heart of our work on poverty and relationships we build. Internally the values of equality are at the heart of how we accept, respect and value people with diverse identities and backgrounds. Oxfam GB sees Diversity as a description of the visible and invisible differences that exist between people, such as, gender, race, ethnic origin, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, age, economic class, language, religion, nationality, education, and family/marital status. Oxfam recognises that these visible and non-visible differences between people can also lead to differences in experiences, values, attitudes, ways of thinking, behaving, communicating and working. Oxfam GB wants to value Diversity both by having a Diversity of people involved in the organisation and by utilising the differences that people bring with them (i.e. varied perspectives, experiences and approaches) as a resource in ou
