How can we work towards ending gender-based violence?
Following the Harvey Weinstein allegations, I kept hearing the same refrain as more women added their…
Yemen’s catastrophic cholera crisis
In Yemen, cholera is killing one person every hour. Over half of them are children. Since…
Women who are Leading the Fight Against Hunger
Climate change, conflict and the failure of governments to tackle them have left more than 800…
Empowering Local Leaders in Disaster Response
Oxfam is responding to major emergencies around the world, and we are also helping lead a…
The Girl Child is Resilient, Strong and Unstoppable
“Do not get married if you are a child, because you do not yet understand about…
Why We All Need to Stand As One with Refugees
Emily Kirby recounts her experience as an Oxfam Ambassador for the Stand As One campaign –…
Rise in hunger an appalling relapse
For the first time in more than a decade, the United Nations reported a sharp increase…
Stand Together with Oxfam & Coldplay
This summer, Coldplay invited Oxfam volunteers on their World Tour to encourage fans to get involved…
Reflections from a humanitarian worker
Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the…
Protection of women and girls: a bright idea
Sometimes we harm the people we try to help. As humanitarians we deliver life-saving assistance to…
A catastrophic cholera crisis threatens Yemen
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices. Yemenis, already on…
A human economy for women and men
If the world turned upside down and we replaced all the women with men, and all…
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Oxfam: Palestinians pushed into deeper crisis with Israeli displacement order on entire Gaza City
1 million people being forced towards unliveable, so called “humanitarian area” in mass forced displacement. Israel’s intent to displace around 1 million civilians, half of whom are living in famine, is impossible and illegal Oxfam said today, while the Israeli military continued to flatten Gaza City building by building as its mass forced displacement of…
Oxfam reaction to IPC report confirming famine in Gaza Governorate
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) report published today confirming a famine in Gaza Governorate which is predicted to expand to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Mahmoud Alsaqqa said: “The famine in Gaza is entirely driven by Israel’s near-total blockade of…
Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens
Oxfam and over 100 other organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of…
Oxfam reaction to Israel’s decision to take control of Gaza City
Reacting to today’s announcement of the Israeli cabinet’s decision to take direct military control of Gaza City, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s Policy Lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said: “This decision marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territory — a brazen act of erasure carried out in full view of the world.…