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A voice from the field: Oxfam’s donor Eric Gould shares his personal experience from Nepal

November 1, 2018

Written by Eric Gould. Eric is a Canadian currently on the ground in Nepal.  He is…

Changing Laws, Changing Lives

November 1, 2018

Ending gender-based violence in Mozambique Survivors of gender-based violence in Mozambique face challenges in accessing legal…

How technology is advancing women’s rights in Indonesia

October 10, 2018

As International Day of the Girl approaches, it got me thinking about how lucky we are.…

How the humanitarian sector is taking action after its #MeToo moment

September 21, 2018

This year has proven to be a reckoning on women’s rights around the world and the…

Mining 101: How Canada’s huge extractive sector fits into the struggle for gender justice

September 12, 2018

Have you travelled outside of Canada before?  How many countries have you visited?  Less than five? …

Five things I’ve learned being a humanitarian aid worker

August 16, 2018

Iffat Tahmid Fatema, 28, is a humanitarian public health worker for Oxfam’s Rohingya refugee response in…

It may look like just a bicycle…

August 13, 2018

For some young people, the road to education can be long and arduous – quite literally.…

Sexual education is not a luxury; it’s a human right, at home and abroad

August 10, 2018

Women’s and LGBT+ rights are under attack. We are experiencing a major backlash by conservative governments…

Oxfam Canada helps Cubans return to everyday life after Hurricane Irma

July 27, 2018

When Hurricane Irma struck Cuba as a Category 5 storm in early September 2017, pummeling the…

Creating space to tackle violence against women and child marriage in Bangladesh

July 9, 2018

“Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women…

Climate change brings chaos to impoverished region of India

June 29, 2018

The monsoon season is usually a welcome event for Sundari and her neighbours. Every year, it…

Rebuilding lives with beads and a megaphone

June 20, 2018

In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee resettlement camp, one woman is helping others make money—and heal—through a jewellery-making…

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Families in South Sudan are once again having to flee for their lives due to escalating conflict at a time when hunger is already at catastrophic levels, Oxfam warned.  Renewed fighting, which has spread across Jonglei and into the neighbouring area of Walgak, 100 kilometres from the capital Juba, is deepening an already dire situation,…

Oxfam reaction to IPC alert for Sudan confirming famine-level malnutrition in two additional areas

February 5, 2026

Responding to today’s Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) alert Oxfam’s Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director, said:    “It is deeply alarming that famine-level malnutrition has been confirmed in two additional areas of North Darfur that were previously not at risk. This is in addition to the extreme hunger levels already being experienced by communities who have suffered nearly…

Rafah reopening must see free movement of Palestinian people and goods: Oxfam

February 2, 2026

Reacting to today’s reopening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Oxfam’s oPt Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi said: “We welcome the reopening of Rafah which is desperately needed for people who have been trapped without options for so many months of closure imposed as part of a broader siege on Gaza.  A crossing that…

Billionaire wealth globally jumped to highest peak ever in 2025, sparking dangerous levels of inequality says Oxfam

January 19, 2026

Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 per cent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $25.4 trillion — its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos.  …

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