Committed to Care at the Generation Equality Forum
Generation Equality Forum: A blueprint for gender equality “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights…
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by | Replace this with image credit information The effects of conflict, COVID-19, and climate change…
Change in Social Norms Around Men’s Unpaid Care Work
Social norms which restrict men’s participation in unpaid care work need to change in order to…
Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on Solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc People
Dear Ministers, On behalf of national, regional and local gender justice and human rights organizations, we…
Camino Verde: The Green Way
Camino Verde: The Green Way by Caroline Leal | May 19, 2021 Before, I thought that…
Shifting Power In Our Movement
FIGHTINEQUALITY. BEAT POVERTY. by Oxfam Canada | May 18, 2021 The international aid sector is having…
Finding the Path to Voice, Choice and Agency
Finding the path to voice, choice and agency An 18-year old girl’s journey of walking away…
Social justice. Fighting to end inequality. The fair treatment of all people in a society and…
India hit by devastating wave of COVID-19
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Remembering the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster
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Less than seven percent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe
Nearly 1,700 Kilometres of water and sanitation networks have been destroyed Big-ticket repairs of networks urgently needed but Israel baulks in approving supplies The resumption of aid into Gaza, including fuel to operate undamaged water and sanitation facilities along with water trucking, has improved the amount of water available to people in some parts of…
New survey reveals extent of Israel’s failure to improve humanitarian access in Gaza in the year since ICJ ruling
As pause in hostilities allows aid to flow in, agencies call for accountability and for same cycles of neglect and impunity not to be repeated A new survey of 35 aid agencies working in Gaza found that Israel failed to improve humanitarian access over the last year, despite a ruling from the International Court of…
Billionaire wealth surges by $2.8 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990
Oxfam predicts there will be at least five trillionaires a decade from now. 204 new billionaires were minted in 2024, nearly four every week. In Canada, billionaire wealth increased by $309 million per day, with three new billionaires in 2024. Sixty percent of billionaire wealth is now derived from inheritance, monopoly power or crony connections,…
Oxfam welcomes Gaza ceasefire, urges permanent end to hostilities, accountability, an end to atrocities and lifting of blockade
With Israeli bombings halted, the urgent task of recovery and ensuring accountability begins for mourners enduring unimaginable loss. Oxfam welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire, with the initial agreement on the release of Israeli hostages and some of the Palestinian detainees, and the temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of a relentless…