Photo Credit: Jean Hatem/Oxfam Despite a ceasefire being in place since early March, the Israeli military…
Hamida and Samina Begum measure out rice at food bank–supported by Oxfam partner SKS–in a flood-prone…
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Oxfam Canada calling for ‘fair and equitable’ legislation on forced and child labour in Canadian supply chains
In response to the vote on May 3 against a private member’s bill (S-211) to fight forced labour and child labour in Canadian supply chains, Nirvana Mujtaba, Oxfam Canada’s Women’s Rights Policy and Advocacy Specialist said the following: “Bill S-211 won’t curb human rights abuses or incentivize action. We need robust mandatory human rights and…
Top CEOs got a 9% real pay raise in 2022 while workers worldwide took a 3% pay cut
Workers on average worked six days “for free” last year because their wages lagged behind inflation — while real pay for top executives jumped nine per cent (16 per cent if not adjusted for inflation). Canadian workers’ total losses were almost $39 billion CAD and worked over seven days unpaid because wages did not keep…
Statement Of Solidarity With Wet’suwet’en Nation Land Defenders
Oxfam Canada stands in solidarity with the First Nations peoples of the unceded, unsurrendered Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan territories, who are standing up for their rights and sovereignty in the face of the largest fracking project in Canadian history, the Coastal Gas Link pipeline. On the morning of March 29, 2023, RCMP forces raided a Gidimt’en…
One in five persons don’t have enough water in drought-stricken East Africa
Up to 90% of water boreholes in parts of Somalia, Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia have entirely dried up One in five people in drought-stricken East Africa – a total of 33.5 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – don’t have enough safe drinking water. Failed rain is predicted to persist for a sixth…