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War, peace and women’s long journey for justice in Somalia

August 5, 2015
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Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is…

Hard choices in South Sudan: food or clean water?

July 24, 2015
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An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many…

Happy Eid – from Yemen

July 16, 2015
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Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased…

Oxfam’s view on what’s at stake in Addis

July 7, 2015
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The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development…

Gaza’s youth using art to overcome the scars of war

July 7, 2015
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Last summer, 16 year old Eba'a Hamouda watched terrified as the bombs fell all around her…

Yemen: Women get on their bikes for their rights

July 6, 2015
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Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came…

Teachers and Tampons: why taxes matter for women

June 23, 2015
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Today is World Public Service Day. Around the world, governments and citizens are marking the contribution…

In Focus: Syria, World Refugee Day

June 20, 2015
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Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes…

Forced from home – Eliza’s journey to safety in South Sudan

June 20, 2015
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Written by: Stella Madete, Oxfam Novib (Netherlands), Information Officer, Somalia Eliza is a chef and mother…

Nepal earthquake was ‘single most frightening experience of my life’

May 19, 2015
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By Lisa Rutherford (press office, Oxfam Great Britain) The 7.9 magnitude earthquake on 25th April left the…

Celebrating International Day of Families

May 15, 2015
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"Our women's rights committees are successful because they incorporate men within the structure. When talking about…

Fostering gender equality in emergencies

May 1, 2015
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Written by Sarah Rooney, Oxfam Canada’s intern and 3rd year law student at University of Ottawa.…

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Responding to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) and a potential Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name Uwan), which could hit the country by this weekend or early next week, Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Philippines Executive Director said: “Typhoon Kalmaegi carved a path of devastation, leaving a massive humanitarian emergency in its wake. The…

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Budget 2025 offers little relief to the most vulnerable At a moment when inequality is deepening and poverty is climbing, few measures within Budget 2025 address the affordability crisis felt acutely by people across the country. On the whole, the much-anticipated budget falls short of the scale of investment needed in social infrastructure to ensure…

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Ottawa, November 5, 2025 – The federal government released Budget 2025 yesterday laying out its vision for Canada. It is the government’s blueprint of the kind of country it aims to build.  The budget titled “Canada Strong” comes at a time of rising precarity in Canada with families struggling to make ends meet as costs…

Oxfam reaction to IPC report on famine in Sudan and South Sudan

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In reaction to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports on Sudan and South Sudan, Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Regional Director said: “The confirmation of famine in Sudan by the IPC Famine Review Committee, alongside the latest IPC report on South Sudan, paints a deeply alarming picture for the region. We stand…

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