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A woman dies every minute in childbirth 2009-06-10 00:00: As the finance ministers from the Group of Eight prepare to meet in Rome, eight women from poor countries around the world, uniting as the “W8”, today demanded that action to prevent the deaths of half a million women every year in childbirth.

Help End Global Poverty: Toilets For All 2009-03-20 12:00: March 22 is World Water Day. Clean water and sanitation facilities are the building blocks of social and economic development in every society around the world. Yet 890 million people – about a seventh of the world’s population – do not have access to safe drinking water. Some 2.5 billion people also live without access to basic sanitation; 1.2 billion of which have noaccess to any form of sanitation. This means no toilets, no latrines, and no separation of human waste from daily life.

Canadian coalition unveils provocative posters to highlight global sanitation and water crisis 2008-11-17 12:00: To mark this year's upcoming World Toilet Day (Wednesday, November 19, 2008), a coalition of Canadian organizations concerned about the global sanitation and water crisis unveil two new hard-hitting posters to raise Canadians' awareness to the fact that 2.5 billion people presently live without access to basic sanitation, while nearly one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water.

Will.i.am launches song live in New York as part of new campaign action to end poverty. 2008-09-25 08:00: ‘in my name’, a new song by Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am written for the Global Call to Action against Poverty will premiere today – across MTV, YouTube and inmyname.com

Afghanistan: worst place in the world to give birth, says Oxfam 2008-09-24 12:00: Cutting maternal mortality by three quarters is the MDG most severely off track, with half a million women still dying in childbirth every year – most of them needlessly

MDGs: Bold leadership needed to turn tide of poverty 2008-09-22 12:00: MDGs meeting at UN in New York is crucial. We need a dramatic shift in political will and ambition to tackle poverty.

Last-ditch diplomacy yields better aid agenda at Accra summit 2008-09-04 12:00: Last-minute negotiations pushed by developing country and European ministers at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness have secured commitments to improve international aid.

Donor resistance threatens aid talks 2008-09-02 12:00: After a day of intense negotiations in Accra, Ghana, pressure is building for a breakthrough at a crucial global summit on how aid works.

Global Week of Action for Education 2008 2008-04-23 14:30: Oxfam isn’t fighting for the basic right to education on our own. As part of the Global Campaign for Education, we're joining in to help break the World’s Biggest Lesson.

Oxfam Volunteers Embark On “20 Litres, 20 days" Challenge 2008-03-18 10:00: Two Oxfam volunteers plan to survive on 20 litres of water a day for an entire 20 days.

Water activists deliver message to Member of Parliament 2008-03-17 01:00: On Wednesday March 19, activists from CUPE, the Council of Canadians, Oxfam and MUN students will mark World Water Day by carrying a “Water for people not profit” banner to MP Norm Doyle’s office at 342 Freshwater Rd. The march will begin at 3pm at the MUN Clock Tower.

HIV should not be a death sentence 2007-11-29 01:00: The key to fighting HIV/AIDS globally is to ensure people’s rights to health care, education, water and sanitation are respected and protected. Canada can play its part by increasing and improving its aid spending ...

It's time to Boost Canada’s Role in Ending the Global Sanitation Crisis 2007-11-19 05:00: Sanitation & Water Action Network (SWAN) Canada, a newly-formed coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations, is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Canadian government to make sanitation and water initiatives a priority in the global fight against poverty.

Public services FOR ALL fight poverty 2007-09-13 10:00: Oxfam Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees join Oxfam International in launching a global call for “Health and Education For All” today.

Indian ruling against pharmaceutical giant Novartis a victory for public health, say leading aid and advocacy agencies 2007-08-08 14:06: August 6, 2007 - Today’s verdict by an Indian court against the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is an important victory for global public health.

Killed by HIV/AIDS: the human cost of G8 penny-pinching 2007-06-06 00:00: Oxfam urges world leaders to make concrete financial commitments to fund HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries.

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