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In Renk, we spoke to refugees and returnees about how their lives have changed, the challenges they face, and their hopes for returning home.
Cholera and Mpox are spreading rapidly, threatening the lives of millions. Oxfam’s long-standing commitment to providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is more critical than ever.
As the one-year mark of the Israeli operation in Gaza approaches, the humanitarian crisis deepens. Here’s what’s happening—and how you can help.
January 15, 2024 (Ottawa) — Oxfam today released their Inequality Inc. report showing that people worldwide are working harder and longer hours, often for poverty wages in precarious and unsafe jobs. The…
Oxfam Canada's testimony at the Parliamentary Subcommittee on International Human Rights on women's rights worldwide, including recommendations to the government of Canada on how to support women human rights defenders…
Food inflation in some East African countries outstrips global average leaving millions hungry Food inflation in East African countries where tens of millions of people are caught in an alarming…
Monsoon rains – the worst in 122 years – have inundated major rivers in northeastern Bangladesh and submerged thousands of houses, impacting 4.3 million people. The worse is yet to…
We're living at a time of unprecedented global displacement. Here are 8 things you must know about refugees and forced displacement.
The economic impacts of the war in Ukraine – including unprecedented food and energy price inflation – are being felt by the most vulnerable in our deeply unequal world.
Karen Sander, the Chair of the Board of Oxfam Canada, traveled to Bangladesh with senior and program staff from Oxfam. This is her story.
Generation Equality Forum: A blueprint for gender equality “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights” – a key refrain from the Fourth United Nations World Conference…
Budget 2021 is an opportunity for Canada, in the spirit of global cooperation, to deliver its fair and responsible share of international climate financing ahead of COP26.
After six years of war, Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
Oxfam continues its work to assist families surviving a decade of war in Syria, but every day in Syria is a struggle to survive.
Thanks to all our supporters and partners, we've reached almost 10 million people in 58 countries with water, sanitation, hygiene promotion and public health support.
Oxfam Canada Executive Director Lauren Ravon's testifies before the Parliamentary Health Committee on behalf of the People’s Vaccine Alliance, which calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be made available for all…
While many communities and countries are still firefighting the COVID-19 crisis, several governments, including here in Canada, have begun outlining their blueprints for our social and economic recovery.
In this open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Oxfam and 39 civil society organizations express their opposition to arms export permits to Saudi Arabia.
COVID-19 has prompted global leaders to sound the alarm about the horrifying worldwide rise in violence against women and children during lockdown.
Sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortion, are essential, life-saving care, which does not change in times of crisis.
Canada desperately needs to update its approach on corporate accountability. The SNC-Lavalin affair that rocked the Canadian government earlier this year provided a stark picture of how corporate influence operates…
Canada’s bold commitments to Women, Peace and Security hold tremendous potential. But this potential will go unrealized if Canada simultaneously fuels wars that harm women.
Following decades of advocacy, Canada has finally joined the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The multilateral treaty aims to regulate international weapons sales in order to reduce suffering caused by illegal…
More than 8,000 women’s rights advocates descended on Vancouver in June 2019 to attend Women Deliver, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of…
Canada’s support for women and girls to exercise their rights to bodily autonomy, make choices about their own reproductive health and be treated with dignity and respect is driving economic,…
Over the years, thousands of Oxfam supporters like you have responded powerfully to our annual Threads of Change campaign.
A week ago when Cyclone Pam hit, families in Etas did their best to hide from the ferocious storm, taking shelter in small churches and in neighbours’ homes that were…
This Mother’s Day, why not honour your mother by helping a mother a world away? Whether is by helping mothers in Nepal, or the Congo, the women we work with…
Women are often disproportionately affected by disasters, due to gender inequality and discrimination, and women’s leadership is critical in efforts to address the mounting challenge of rising disasters around the…
It’s a key moment. Climate change is the single biggest threat to winning the fight against hunger, and food companies haven’t been doing enough to tackle it. Their substantial greenhouse…