In some parts of the world, women and girls spend as many as six hours a…
As I leaned over, I felt a tug on my headscarf, which led me to believe…
Written by Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International. These are restless, exciting, and frightening times to…
It can be particularly challenging as a young woman leading men in many African societies. As…
“You can’t change the past, but you can change the future.” – Rubina Rubina has been…
On April 25, 2015, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal that left nearly 9,000 people dead…
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on…
Oxfam has come to know Rajiah as a leader when she was unanimously selected to represent…
Seven long years after the Syria crisis began, the situation remains bleak. Individual children, women and…
Gender inequality is the most serious and pervasive form of discrimination in the world. While this…
Months after marking four years of devastating war, South Sudan has reached another critical point: more…
The ‘boys in shorts’ era in the aid sector has come to an end
First published in the Toronto Star, February 20, 2018. When I joined Oxfam Canada as its…
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REACTION: Budget 2026 helps at the margins but bets big on business – Oxfam Canada
Yesterday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the second budget of Mark Carney’s government. Against a backdrop of a relentless affordability crisis in Canada and growing global instability, Budget 2026 takes real steps to support people through expanded income supports, new investments in housing and homelessness, and $32 billion over 10 years for First Nations housing…
Every 20 minutes, Canada’s private jets emit more carbon pollution than the average Canadian does in a year
New Oxfam report lands days before the November 5 federal budget, a year after Ottawa ended the luxury tax on private planes. In 2025, 71,239 private jet flights left Canada, emitting more than 333,000 tonnes of CO2. In 11 minutes, those jets emitted more CO2 than someone in the poorest half of Canada’s population emits…
REACTION: Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron
Responding to the large-scale Israeli military operation and mass displacement in Hebron in recent days, Oxfam’s Response Lead in the West Bank, Mustafa Tamaizeh, said: “This is not only a humanitarian crisis but a deliberate assault on the economic foundations of Palestinian life, as families lose their homes and livelihoods. The destruction of factories, workshops,…
Humanitarian funding to El Niño critically insufficient, says Oxfam
Global funding for the preparation and response to El Niño and the harms it will bring to millions of people is critically insufficient, Oxfam warned today. The weather phenomenon is already having a catastrophic impact across much of the world, with wildfires, crop failures and growing severe food and water insecurity. El Niño’s intensity is…