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A Devastating Blow to Global Aid The recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
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Richest 1% bagged 82% of global wealth created last year, poorest half of humanity got nothing: Oxfam
(Ottawa) Eighty two per cent of global wealth generated last year went to the richest one per cent, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw no increase, according to a new Oxfam report. ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth’, is being released as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins political and…
Oxfam Canada welcomes new ombudsperson to address human rights impacts of Canadian business abroad
(OTTAWA) Oxfam Canada welcomes news that the federal government is creating the office of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. For years, human rights advocates, including Oxfam, have called on Canada to hold companies accountable for their actions abroad. Today, the government heeded these calls and committed to appoint an ombudsperson with powers to investigate allegations…
INGO Joint Statement on the complete opening of Hudaydah Port
Seventeen aid agencies working in Yemen are urging for the complete and unconditional opening of Hudaydah port to allow for the uninterrupted flow of food and fuel. A thirty-day concession period enabling the delivery of commercial supplies has brought only brief reprieve within the context of a sustained blockade on Yemen’s Red Sea Ports. Parties…
Yemen being pushed ever closer to famine
Yemen is being pushed ever closer to famine after 1,000 days of a brutal war, exacerbated by a crippling blockade of its key northern ports which is starving its people of food, fuel and medicine, Oxfam warned today. Some 90 per cent of Yemen’s food has to be imported. Since a Saudi-led coalition imposed a…