In Focus: Syria, World Refugee Day
Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes…
Written by: Stella Madete, Oxfam Novib (Netherlands), Information Officer, Somalia Eliza is a chef and mother…
By Lisa Rutherford (press office, Oxfam Great Britain) The 7.9 magnitude earthquake on 25th April left the…
Celebrating International Day of Families
"Our women's rights committees are successful because they incorporate men within the structure. When talking about…
Fostering gender equality in emergencies
Written by Sarah Rooney, Oxfam Canada’s intern and 3rd year law student at University of Ottawa.…
3 things to know about how we’re helping in Nepal
1. As of today, many people are still in dire need. The earthquake that struck Nepal…
Nepal’s road to recovery
By Shaheen ChughtaiOxfam’s Deputy Head of Humanitarian Policy and Campaigns Kathmandu was ever a disaster-in-waiting. The…
“We feel like leaders”, “I am no longer the same”, “We are together now”, “we know…
Yemen Crisis: A view from the ground
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen…
I was born and raised in Congo (D. R) until my family immigrated to Winnipeg. Three…
Local ceasefires could be a path to peace in Syria
Syrian civil society leader and astrophysicist Rim Turkmani may live in the UK, where she is…
My only thought was that this is the end
Twenty minutes drive east from Port Vila is a community called Etas. Homes are nestled among…
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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.…