Larissa Crawford: Racial justice is climate justice
” Tackling racism requires us to tackle climate change. The root causes are one in the same.“ When…
Racism and inequality is the first crisis
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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
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
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
“Marriage should be for adults, at the proper time, and out of free will.” It seems…
Together, we fight inequality
It has now been six months since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While many communities…
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Gas tax holiday extension won’t ease affordability crisis for Canadians
Gas tax holiday extension won’t ease affordability crisis for Canadians Canadians need real relief from the cost-of-living crisis that’s hitting them from all directions. They’re feeling it when they buy food, and they’re feeling it at the pump, where gas prices in July were more than 25 per cent higher compared to last year. Last week, in an effort to address affordability, the government announced an extension to the…
In Somalia famine risk increases as hunger worsens amid El-Nino floods
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Somalia, which shows 5.4 million people are projected to face acute hunger, including 26,000 at risk of famine in Baidoa, Bay region, Juliet Moriku Balikowa, Oxfam Somalia Country Director said: “One in four people in Somalia is now going hungry while Baidoa and surrounding…
REACTION: Gaza building collapse
Following the overnight collapse of a war-damaged building leaving 20 deaths and dozens trapped, rescue efforts are being severely hampered by Israel’s refusal to allow entry of the heavy machinery and equipment needed to save lives amidst the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Wassem Mushtaha, Oxfam’s Response Lead in Gaza, said: “Today’s death toll…
Parliament is set to return and we’re calling on the government to take action on the climate crisis, global development, and investing in and supporting the Palestinian-led reconstruction of Gaza – we need your support
Next week is a big week in Ottawa. Members of Parliament are returning from all across the country to take up their duties in the House of Commons. A lot has happened since they left for summer break, and that means there’s a lot of work ahead for our government. Here’s what happened over the…