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We know that when women raise their voices – change can happen

September 17, 2015
Tika lives in Gumi, a rural village in the Surkhet district of Nepal, with her five daughters and her son. Here, women's opportunities are limited by social norms that can keep them tied to the household, low levels of literacy, and lack of awareness of their rights. Five years ago Tika herself rarely left her own house, not even to buy food locally. Today, with the help of Oxfam project and the extraordinary efforts of the women themselves, she is recognized everywhere in the village. Photo Credit: Aubrey Wade

Support Oxfam’s life-changing work around the world: Women exercising their rights, communities building a future free…

Women, Peace & Security – In That Order!

September 15, 2015
Hanin 26, sit with her four week old baby Sana*, 4-weeks , in the tent in which they now live in an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in north Bekaa Valley in Lebanon on September 10 2015. Photo Credit: Sam Tarling / Oxfam

Written by Julie Lafrenière Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist On September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was…

Syria: A Lasting Solution in the Wake of Needless Tragedy

September 3, 2015

The searing images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi have moved through cyberspace and galvanized reaction around the…

A Tribute to Humanitarian Workers

August 19, 2015
Earthquake in Nepal

Privthyva was born April 25th – an hour after the earthquake. In rural Dolakha, even in…

Making “Cuba’s Hour” Count for Cubans

August 14, 2015
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Making “Cuba’s Hour” Count for Cubans  by Marianela Gonzalez, communications officer for Oxfam in Cuba. Since December 17th,…

Six big things for election debates

August 6, 2015
Oxfam Volunteers, as part of the Up for Debate initiative during the 2015 federal election, created their own awareness campaign to encourage a political debate centered around women's issues.

Written by Kelly Bowden, National Campaign Manager If you ask political parties or the media, this…

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

August 5, 2015
Somalia women; women peace and security

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…

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Responding to Storm Byron, which has caused widespread flooding in Gaza, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam Occupied Palestinian Territory Policy lead said: “Civilians are now wading through sewage, mud and debris, with no proper shelter. This is not a failure of preparedness or capacity; it’s the direct result of the systematic obstruction of aid. “The Israeli authorities…

Canadian Civil Society Calls on Prime Minister Carney to Uphold Canada’s Global Leadership on Gender Equality and Human Rights

December 1, 2025

Ottawa, ON — More than 250 organizations and individuals from across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take urgent and decisive action to safeguard Canada’s feminist foreign policy commitments at a time of escalating global instability and mounting attacks on human rights.  In a letter delivered today, signatories warn that recent shifts…

Open Letter on Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy

December 1, 2025

by | Background media: Replace this with image description Replace this with image credit information Dear Prime Minister Carney, We are writing to express our concern over recent statements and developments in Canadian foreign policy. While the world is changing and the threats Canada is now facing are different than 10 years ago, we urge…

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