Women, peace and security: Ending the Saudi arms deal
What is our Women, Peace and Security advice to the incoming government? To ensure policy coherence across all…
Too young to marry
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Canada joins the Arms Trade Treaty while still selling arms to Saudi Arabia
by | Replace this with image credit information Following decades of advocacy, Canada has finally…
Our bodies as a site of power
Vagina, clitoris, penis, testicles. Say these words out loud without giggling. Say them without whispering. I…
Transformative tailoring for Rohingya refugee women
Gender dynamics in the largest refugee settlement in the world “You have come to this country…
Humanitarian workers are the backbone of life-saving humanitarian responses. Though the role of a humanitarian worker…
Creating a model for girls’ education in Ghana
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71 million people displaced in 2018 due to conflict: ‘We did not choose to become refugees’
My name is Susan Grace Duku. I am 33 years old and I have spent 21…
In my five years as Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, I’ve been lucky to meet many people…
A tribute to feminist fathers
I walked out of my grade nine computer class upset, confused and disappointed. In a heated…
by | Replace this with image credit information More than 8,000 women’s rights advocates descended…
7 things to know about Yemen
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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…
Statement by the Regional Directors of the INGOs in the Middle East Region
We, the Regional Directors of 14 INGOs, express our profound concern at the accelerating military escalation across the Middle East and the wider region. What we are witnessing is a dangerous expansion of violence with devastating consequences for civilians. There must be an immediate end to this spiral of military violence, to the use of…