The USAID Collapse: What It Means for Global Humanitarian Aid and How Canada Must Respond
A Devastating Blow to Global Aid The recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
5 Critical Things to Know About the Current Crisis in Gaza
The people of Gaza continue to endure immense suffering. While a temporary ceasefire has provided a…
Building hope, and rebuilding a clinic in Ethiopia
Hope was one of things most easily lost when conflict arrived in BirBir, a community in…
Coding, Crafting, Cultivating: Somali Women Securing Their Futures
In the shadow of a conflict and climate emergency crisis in Somalia and Somaliland, young women…
From Camps to Classrooms: The Battle for Refugee Girls’ Education
It’s impossible to miss Amer. She commands attention above most at over six feet tall –…
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Davos 2025: A Turning Point or Another Missed Opportunity?
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Finding safety, but struggling for better nutrition in refugee camp
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“When I saw the devastation in our community, the dead bodies floating, and my future crashing,…
I Knew I Wouldn’t Starve
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Camino Verde Project Exceeds Targets for Indigenous Women’s Agricultural Enrollment
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Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza: Oxfam’s Response and How to Take Action
For more than sixty harrowing days, the already dire situation in North Gaza has grown even…
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Oxfam reaction to the Savar building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Oxfam country director in Bangladesh, Gareth Price-Jones said: “The Savar tragedy is a reminder of the hidden cost of cheap clothes. Controversy surrounding the garment industry is well-documented and in Bangladesh there have been some improvements in recent years. In 2010, the government raised the monthly minimum wage from 1662 takas (less than $22) to…
Mondelēz International agrees to address women’s inequality in chocolate production
The biggest chocolate maker in the world, Mondelēz International, has agreed to take steps to address inequality facing women in their cocoa supply chains following pressure from consumers as part of the international aid agency Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign. Today’s announcement by Mondelēz International comes on top of commitments last month by Mars and…
Coldplay and Oxfam Launch Crowdsourced Video to Demand an End to Landgrabs
The injustice of land grabs is highlighted in a pioneering new crowdsourced film featuring thousands of Coldplay fans, Oxfam activists and others, including rock band Wolf Gang and actor Dominic Cooper, star of Mamma Mia and Captain America. The campaign video was launched today by Coldplay and Oxfam. The film shows people from Argentina and…
In the wake of 2012 food crisis, Oxfam calls for radical shift in efforts to tackle hunger in the Sahel
The aid community needs to fundamentally change the way it deals with food crises in the Sahel region and help communities to better prepare for recurring emergencies, Oxfam says in a new report. The report, Learning the Lessons, says the 2012 humanitarian response to the food crisis in the Sahel was bigger and better than…