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A hunger crisis for informal workers

December 17, 2020
Oxfam worker with woman in red, hand on face.

by | Replace this with image credit information For workers in Kenya who rely on daily…

In Bangladesh, Refugees Help Design Handwashing Stations

December 14, 2020
Nur, a Rohingya refugee stands by an Oxfam handwashing station.

by | Replace this with image credit information Creating effective handwashing facilities in the Rohingya camps…

Paris +5: COVID-19 is a wake-up call on the need for gender-responsive climate action

December 10, 2020
In an open field at dusk, burned trees are surrounded by wildfire on the ground and smoke-filled skies.

This week marks the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, a landmark agreement…

Take Auction Against Hunger

December 5, 2020
Fundraisers at Take Auction Against Hunger gala sitting with raffle tickets.

by | Replace this with image credit information Megan Tong (far left) and Kristin McLaughlan (far…

Open Letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Freeland on COVID-19

November 18, 2020
On the left of the image, The Honourable Chrystia Freeland walks and smiles while wearing a white jacket and dress, and on the right of the image PM Justin Trudeau walks and smiles wearing a grey suit, white button-down shirt and a red tie.

Oxfam Canada, together with 60 women’s rights and feminist organizations, sent a letter to Prime Minister…

Giving back girls their childhood: It’s time to end child marriage

October 29, 2020
A young Muslim Filipino woman dressed in black stands in front of a chalkboard pointing to the words End Child Marriage and End VAWG

“Marriage should be for adults, at the proper time, and out of free will.” It seems…

Together, we fight inequality

September 24, 2020
A refugee woman wears a green head covering and a pink cotton mask as she stands in front of a refugee camp

It has now been six months since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While many communities…

Open Letter to Chrystia Freeland on the Budget

September 22, 2020

September 18, 2020 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance House of…

Open letter to Justin Trudeau on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

September 17, 2020
The image shows the inside of a bedroom in San'a that was destroyed by bombing. There is rubble all over the bed, and the external walls have crumbled away.

  by | Replace this with image credit information September 17 marks the first anniversary of…

5 hotspots where COVID-19 is making people hungry

September 17, 2020
A woman with brown skin, brown eyes and dark hair is holding her young child and wearing a blue surgical mask and a red dress and headscarf.

  by | Replace this with image credit information Unlike COVID-19, hunger is not new. Millions…

Hearts have broken many times over Beirut but never like this

August 21, 2020
Firefighters work in the rubble and debris on a residential street in Beirut, Lebanon.

For as long as I can remember, Beirut has occupied a part of my heart in…

‘There is no focus on domestic workers’: The invisible workforce in Bangladesh during COVID-19

June 11, 2020

Running water, electricity or technology that allows you to stay connected with your friends and family…

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Canadian Civil Society Calls on Prime Minister Carney to Uphold Canada’s Global Leadership on Gender Equality and Human Rights

December 1, 2025

Ottawa, ON — More than 250 organizations and individuals from across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take urgent and decisive action to safeguard Canada’s feminist foreign policy commitments at a time of escalating global instability and mounting attacks on human rights.  In a letter delivered today, signatories warn that recent shifts…

Open Letter on Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy

December 1, 2025

by | Background media: Replace this with image description Replace this with image credit information Dear Prime Minister Carney, We are writing to express our concern over recent statements and developments in Canadian foreign policy. While the world is changing and the threats Canada is now facing are different than 10 years ago, we urge…

COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’ – Oxfam

November 24, 2025

In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Brasil Executive Director Viviana Santiago said: “COP30 offered a spark of hope but far more heartbreak, as the ambition of global leaders continues to fall short of what is needed for a livable planet. People from the Global South arrived in Belém with hope, seeking real progress…

Child Care for All Summit Calls for Universal and Inclusive Child Care as Key to Canada’s Economic Future

November 24, 2025

Ottawa, ON – November 24, 2025 – At a critical moment for Canada’s early learning and child care program, feminist and community leaders from across Canada are gathering in Ottawa this week for the second Child Care for All Summit. The Summit comes in the wake of Budget 2025, which advocates warn could stall progress…

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