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Hunger and Famine Crises

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World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day is November 19. Having a toilet somewhere safe and dignified should not be a luxury in this day and age, and yet, this basic right is still being overlooked. The UN estimates that 2.4 billion people around the world lack access to basic sanitation facilities such as toilets and latrines.
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Oxfam Canada receives support from the Government of Canada to empower women and girls in East and Southern Africa

November 13, 2018
The Her Future, Her Choice: Strengthening Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights program will directly reach 250,000 women (including young women and girls), and 90,000 men and boys in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.     ... more

OXFAM: Ebola cases in Eastern Congo reaches 300 as mistrust and insecurity hamper response

November 6, 2018
After years of protracted violence, forced displacement and severe hunger many people are still terrified to go to Ebola treatment centers.     ... more

Oxfam: hundreds of thousands of Congolese forced to flee Angola in need of aid

October 31, 2018
The area, one of the poorest in DRC, is already struggling with malnutrition, cholera and the threat of a resurgence in conflict.    ... more
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Romida lives in Shafiullah Ghata Camp with her husband and five children, including her newborn baby. Romida gave birth on the floor of her shelter with no medical support.

What she knows matters. #Askher

October 26, 2018
Despite huge progress made, I can’t fully rejoice while so many women across the world continue to face impossible choices every day.    ... more
Oxfam Report 2018 Protected and Powerful

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict.

October 15, 2018
Humanitarian crises are hard for everyone, though particularly difficult for women and girls. They face increased risk of violence, exhausting workloads to ensure their families survive and lack full control over decisions that affect the trajectories of their    ... more
Julie Delahanty, Oxfam Canada Executive Director, visiting Oxfam’s cash for work program in a refugee camp, Gambela region of Ethiopia.

How the humanitarian sector is taking action after its #MeToo moment

September 25, 2018
On the heels of ‘grave errors’ in the humanitarian sector, aid groups are pledging to redouble efforts to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of the world’s most vulnerable.    ... more