Decent work for women calls for sexual and reproductive rights
Reproductive health and decent work are inextricably linked for women. Across the globe, women are the…
5 things Canada’s next government should do to curb corporate abuses of human rights
Canada desperately needs to update its approach on corporate accountability. The SNC-Lavalin affair that rocked the…
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
by | Replace this with image credit information MARAWI CITY, Philippines – It was long past…
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
by | Replace this with image credit information Schools tailored to girls’ needs in northern Ghana…
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…
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Untaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity
The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), reveals new Oxfam analysis published today ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers. The findings show that, a decade later, the super-rich continue to exploit offshore systems to…
Israel has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians
The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Shaista Aziz, Oxfam’s Campaign Engagement Lead, has responded: “This Bill is another horrifying act of violence which proves the system of institutionalised discrimination and systematic oppression of the Palestinian people. The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress,…
Israeli forces using Gaza playbook in Lebanon, decimating water infrastructure – Oxfam
Oxfam fears that Israel’s military blueprint of attacking water infrastructure, used throughout its genocide in Gaza, is now being rolled out across parts of Lebanon. Israeli forces are destroying water and sanitation infrastructure including strikes near sites that were being rehabilitated after having been destroyed or damaged in the last war, Oxfam analysis has found.…
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…