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From droughts to floods: Stories of resilience from Mozambique

April 30, 2026

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Why Humanitarian Aid Matters: My Personal Connection to Sudan

April 27, 2026

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From Rana Plaza to Today: Why Canada Must Act on Corporate Accountability

April 24, 2026

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How Canada’s Tax System Fuels Wealth Inequality

April 20, 2026

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Lebanon Needs More Than Aid: Canada Must Act to Protect Civilians and Uphold International Law

April 17, 2026

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Updates from Gaza – Humanitarian crisis, Israeli legislation, and Canada’s response

April 10, 2026

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Continuing the Work: Oxfam Canada’s 2024–2025 Progress on Anti-Racism, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI), and Decolonization

March 27, 2026

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Solar-powered hope: From open ponds to safe, sustainable water

March 20, 2026

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Women POWER: Supporting Women Leaders on the Frontlines of Climate Change in the Pacific

March 13, 2026

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Moments of change: Stories from 6 years of community-led SRHR progress

March 6, 2026

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What is community-led care? Meet the women building support across the care journey

February 27, 2026

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Black History Month – Interview with Radia Mbengue

February 23, 2026

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Tourism’s Dirty Secret: Oxfam Canada highlights exploitation of women hotel housekeepers

October 17, 2017

(Ottawa) Profits in the global hotel industry are based on the systematic exploitation of housekeepers, the majority of whom are poor women living in fear of losing their jobs, says a new report by Oxfam Canada entitled Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The Exploitation of Hotel Housekeepers. In interviews with current and former hotel housekeepers in Canada,…

World Food Day in Chad: Oxfam talks to the forgotten people within a silent crisis

October 16, 2017

More than 335,000 people continue to go hungry in the Lake Region of Chad – a place where only ten doctors are currently working and the international community has only funded $40 million of a $121 million humanitarian appeal. “Today, on World Food Day, more than 200,000 children in the Lake Region of Chad are…

Oxfam warns threat of disease rapidly rising as thousands more Rohingya arrive daily in Bangladesh

October 11, 2017

Oxfam warned today that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are without safe water, shelter or enough food to eat.  More than 50,000 newly arrived refugees have been hit by diarrhea, pneumonia, skin disease and acute malnutrition as aid agencies struggle to meet the…

Race to prevent disease as thousands more Rohingya arrive daily in Bangladesh

October 11, 2017

Aid workers are in a race against time to stop the rapid spread of disease as thousands of Rohingya people arrive in Bangladesh every day. Oxfam warned that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps where hundreds of thousands are without safe water, shelter or enough food to eat.  More than 50,000 newly arrived…

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