Barbara Stocking
Encyclopedia
Dame Barbara Mary Stocking, Mrs. MacInnes, DBE
(b. 28 July 1951, Rugby, Warwickshire
) is Vice Chair of the SCHR
and Chief Executive of Oxfam GB. She joined the latter in 2001.
A former regional director of the NHS
, under her leadership Oxfam has been trying to address crises in Afghanistan
, Iraq
and the Sudan
, as well as addressing the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami
and the earthquake in Pakistan
. Stocking pushed for more focus on HIV
/AIDS
.
Under Stocking's leadership, "turnover has hit £300m. Oxfam now has more than 750 shops in the UK, 6,000 staff all over the world and sister organisations in 13 countries. Oxfam officials have gone from the charity into government and helped make new Labour the most charitable administration ever ... [T]he annus mirabilis
for Oxfam was 2005, when [Tony] Blair and [Gordon] Brown pushed for the G8 nations to agree to an extraordinary programme of debt relief and subsidies for Africa, Live 8
played Hyde Park
, and the Asian tsunami provoked an outburst of altruism."
(DBE) in 2008.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(b. 28 July 1951, Rugby, Warwickshire
Rugby, Warwickshire
Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county...
) is Vice Chair of the SCHR
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response
The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response is an alliance made up of chief executive officers representing nine humanitarian networks or agencies The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) is an alliance made up of chief executive officers representing nine humanitarian networks...
and Chief Executive of Oxfam GB. She joined the latter in 2001.
A former regional director of the NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
, under her leadership Oxfam has been trying to address crises in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and the Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, as well as addressing the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
and the earthquake in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Stocking pushed for more focus on HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
.
Under Stocking's leadership, "turnover has hit £300m. Oxfam now has more than 750 shops in the UK, 6,000 staff all over the world and sister organisations in 13 countries. Oxfam officials have gone from the charity into government and helped make new Labour the most charitable administration ever ... [T]he annus mirabilis
Annus mirabilis
Annus mirabilis is a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" . It was used originally to refer to the year 1666, but is today also used to refer to different years with events of major importance...
for Oxfam was 2005, when [Tony] Blair and [Gordon] Brown pushed for the G8 nations to agree to an extraordinary programme of debt relief and subsidies for Africa, Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
played Hyde Park
Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, United Kingdom, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...
, and the Asian tsunami provoked an outburst of altruism."
Damehood
Barbara Stocking was named as Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireOrder of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(DBE) in 2008.