Oxfam Canada helps Cubans return to everyday life after Hurricane Irma
When Hurricane Irma struck Cuba as a Category 5 storm in early September 2017, pummeling the…
“Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women…
The monsoon season is usually a welcome event for Sundari and her neighbours. Every year, it…
In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee resettlement camp, one woman is helping others make money—and heal—through a jewellery-making…
Rajiah, 46, fled violence near her home in Myanmar 6 months ago with her youngest daughter,…
In some parts of the world, women and girls spend as many as six hours a…
As I leaned over, I felt a tug on my headscarf, which led me to believe…
Written by Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International. These are restless, exciting, and frightening times to…
It can be particularly challenging as a young woman leading men in many African societies. As…
“You can’t change the past, but you can change the future.” – Rubina Rubina has been…
On April 25, 2015, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal that left nearly 9,000 people dead…
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on…
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Gaza: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusion
The leaders of over 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded, for the first time, that genocide is being committed. The statement is below: “As world leaders convene next week at the United Nations, we are calling on all member states to…
Not In My Name
Ottawa, ON — September 16, 2025 — Today, over 70 prominent Canadians, including actors, scholar, artists, and activists came together to say “Not In My Name” demanding that the Canadian government end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. This campaign, coordinated by Oxfam Canada, is a sweeping public outcry against silence, inaction,…
Oxfam Canada highlights top priorities as Parliament begins Fall sitting
As MPs and Senators return to Ottawa to begin the Fall sitting of Parliament, Oxfam Canada recognizes the complex challenges the federal government faces. These include geopolitical and trade tensions at our own border and beyond, the rising cost of living, climate chaos, growing authoritarianism, and the rapid evolution of powerful emerging technologies like A.I.…
Oxfam: Palestinians pushed into deeper crisis with Israeli displacement order on entire Gaza City
1 million people being forced towards unliveable, so called “humanitarian area” in mass forced displacement. Israel’s intent to displace around 1 million civilians, half of whom are living in famine, is impossible and illegal Oxfam said today, while the Israeli military continued to flatten Gaza City building by building as its mass forced displacement of…