5 hotspots where COVID-19 is making people hungry
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
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
Running water, electricity or technology that allows you to stay connected with your friends and family…
A water engineer tries to work miracles in Burkina Faso in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis
Is it possible to practice good hygiene without clean water? Huguette Yago faces a challenge of…
The world is suffering through a pandemic unlike any other. It has been shutting down households,…
There’s no ‘pause’ button for care The Coronavirus is highlighting just how essential care work –…
COVID-19 has been overwhelming. Like many people these days, I am up at night, worried about…
While we are in the midst of the most significant global public health crisis of our…
Gender justice and women’s rights
Every day, in every country in the world, women are confronted by discrimination and inequality. They…
COVID-19 may be borderless, but privilege isn’t
PANDEMIC. Until February 2020, this word was one without much meaning for anyone born before 1918…
5 ways Oxfam’s Feminist Leadership is in Action
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Cancel the debt so doctors and nurses can keep saving lives
This open letter is a call for urgent action from doctors and nurses on the front…
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Humanitarian Coalition launches urgent appeal amid escalating conflict in the Middle East
OTTAWA, ON, March 16, 2026 – Canada’s leading aid organizations – joining forces as the Humanitarian Coalition – are raising critical funds to rush life-saving assistance to people in need in Lebanon, Syria and across the wider region. Since February 28, the escalating military violence in the Middle East has been worsening and widening, with humanitarian…
South Sudan evacuation order removes humanitarian support for over 200,000 people and deepens catastrophic conditions – Oxfam
The evacuation order for the northern border town of Akobo East in South Sudan, which forced tens of thousands of people – including all aid agency staff – to leave at the weekend, has closed critical humanitarian programmes for over 200,000 people and deepened catastrophic conditions, Oxfam said today. Evacuated Oxfam staff are reporting that…
Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis
Oxfam and partners are responding to the immediate needs of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon, as the conflict across the region enters a dramatically new and dangerous phase. Oxfam in Lebanon is scaling up its emergency response by supporting thousands of people across shelters in Mount…
Millions of people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia facing drought crisis, as cost of water increases by 2000% in worst hit areas – Oxfam
Failed October–December rains have pushed nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger in East Africa. 58 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastate grazing lands and water sources, threatening pastoralist livelihoods. Failure of the last rainy season across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is…