Typhoon Mangkhut

Ompong is the 15th storm to hit the Philippines this year and, so far, the strongest for 2018.
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After Ompong Landfall Tuguegerao City. Photo: Oxfam Philippines

Rubina: Hope for Her Daughter

"You can’t change the past, but you can change the future." – Rubina
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Rubina and her dauther play with a guitar. Photo: Abu Abdullah/Oxfam

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

More than 860,000 Rohingya people have crossed over to Bangladesh and are living in refugee camps. Oxfam is responding now.
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Boat arrives in Bangladesh. Credit: Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville

It may look like just a bicycle...

For some young people, the road to education can be long and arduous – quite literally. In Balaka District, Malawi, where many schoolgirls live up to 25km from the classroom, getting there used to be a struggle. We are helping change that.
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Alice* used to get sick regularly. Photo: Corinna Kern

Creating space to tackle child marriage in Bangladesh

Being married early comes with so many costs and the consequences are immense. Creating Spaces, is helping to tackle violence against women and child marriage in Bangladesh.
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Young women in a Creating Spaces community group in Fazilpur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh raising their hands when asked, “who got married before they were ready?”
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International Women’s Rights Coalition Calls on Montreal Summit of Women Foreign Ministers to Champion Women Human Rights Defenders at UN General Assembly

September 20, 2018
In spite of the global risks faced by women human rights defenders, the coalition emphasizes the critical role they continue to play in struggles of global significance.    ... more

Oxfam, CDRC prioritize safe water and shelter materials in distribution efforts

September 16, 2018
Thousands of evacuees are currently staying inside churches and schools and do not have access to food, safe water, and sanitation.     ... more

Escalation in fighting around Hudaydah risks cutting off life-saving supplies for millions of Yemenis

September 13, 2018
Most of the 600,000 people who live in Hudaydah, Yemen’s third biggest city, do not have electricity or water.     ... more
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Pollisree officials pose as ‘ empowered women’ in Rangpur, Bangladesh, as part of Oxfam Canada’s Creating Spaces project—Photo: Abir Abdullah/Oxfam

Leadership On And Investments In A Feminist Future: Oxfam Canada’s Recommendations for Federal Budget 2019

September 18, 2018
This brief outlines key budget commitments the federal government needs to make to advance women’s economic equality in Canada and to move the feminist agenda forward globally.    ... more
Communities relocated to make way for gold mines in Ghana struggle with loss of agricultural land, unemployment, and environmental damage. Neil Brander/Oxfam America.

Mining 101: How Canada's huge extractive sector fits into the struggle for gender justice

September 12, 2018
Being such a global hub for mining finance and expertise, Canada is uniquely positioned to influence and change the mining industry.    ... more
Gloria, humanitarian superwoman.

Meet Gloria, one of Oxfam’s Humanitarian Superwomen

September 13, 2018
"It’s important we support each other as women." – Gloria    ... more