Millions of women domestic workers face further slide into poverty
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What is a people’s vaccine?
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Four ways we’ve been battling COVID-19
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A hunger crisis for informal workers
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In Bangladesh, Refugees Help Design Handwashing Stations
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Paris +5: COVID-19 is a wake-up call on the need for gender-responsive climate action
This week marks the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, a landmark agreement…
Take Auction Against Hunger
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Open Letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Freeland on COVID-19
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
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Together, we fight inequality
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Open Letter to Chrystia Freeland on the Budget
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
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Aid cuts left DRC exposed to Ebola – Oxfam is mounting a response
Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu, Oxfam Country Director in the DRC, said: “Our partners are sending us deeply alarming reports. One…
Oxfam Reactive on the publication of the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Somalia
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today for Somalia which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Somalia Humanitarian lead, Sameer Kariya said: “Somalia is once again sliding dangerously close to catastrophe. More than 6 million…
Reactive statement on the publication of the Acute Food Insecurity Analysis on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which shows that 26,5 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 3,6 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Country Director Dr, Manenji Mangundu said: “These latest figures show that…
Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025
Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025. In Canada, average worker wages have decreased by 0.9 percent since 2024, while CEO pay has increased by 9.1 percent between 2024 and 2025. At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over US$100 million in pay and bonuses…