by Stephanie Burgos, Oxfam America As international negotiations on what constitutes responsible agricultural investment are set…
by Ann Witteveen I was last in Juba in South Sudan in February 1999. At that…
photo: Oxfam America by Coco McCabe, Oxfam America Yadira Leticia Tziná Mendoza explains why she’s taking…
In the current discussions around this week’s first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective…
by Winnie Byanyima People want dignity, people want rights In the global survey World We Want…
by Françoise Venni This year the World Economic Forum (or WEF) for the Latin America region…
by Emma Seery Today we are launching a new report, ‘Working for the Many: Public Services…
The evidence is clear: Strong development and the achievement of women’s rights are intrinsically bound –…
The IPCC has presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and…
by Yeb Sano Typhoon Haiyan, the biggest storm to ever make landfall, devastated my homeland. Three…
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Shy at first, the twenty or so teenage girls and boys sitting around the table eventually…
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South Sudan evacuation order removes humanitarian support for over 200,000 people and deepens catastrophic conditions – Oxfam
The evacuation order for the northern border town of Akobo East in South Sudan, which forced tens of thousands of people – including all aid agency staff – to leave at the weekend, has closed critical humanitarian programmes for over 200,000 people and deepened catastrophic conditions, Oxfam said today. Evacuated Oxfam staff are reporting that…
Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis
Oxfam and partners are responding to the immediate needs of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon, as the conflict across the region enters a dramatically new and dangerous phase. Oxfam in Lebanon is scaling up its emergency response by supporting thousands of people across shelters in Mount…
Millions of people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia facing drought crisis, as cost of water increases by 2000% in worst hit areas – Oxfam
Failed October–December rains have pushed nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger in East Africa. 58 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastate grazing lands and water sources, threatening pastoralist livelihoods. Failure of the last rainy season across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is…
Statement by the Regional Directors of the INGOs in the Middle East Region
We, the Regional Directors of 14 INGOs, express our profound concern at the accelerating military escalation across the Middle East and the wider region. What we are witnessing is a dangerous expansion of violence with devastating consequences for civilians. There must be an immediate end to this spiral of military violence, to the use of…