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Making “Cuba’s Hour” Count for Cubans

August 14, 2015
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Making “Cuba’s Hour” Count for Cubans  by Marianela Gonzalez, communications officer for Oxfam in Cuba. Since December 17th,…

Six big things for election debates

August 6, 2015
Oxfam Volunteers, as part of the Up for Debate initiative during the 2015 federal election, created their own awareness campaign to encourage a political debate centered around women's issues.

Written by Kelly Bowden, National Campaign Manager If you ask political parties or the media, this…

War, peace and women’s long journey for justice in Somalia

August 5, 2015
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Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is…

Hard choices in South Sudan: food or clean water?

July 24, 2015
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An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many…

Happy Eid – from Yemen

July 16, 2015
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Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased…

Oxfam’s view on what’s at stake in Addis

July 7, 2015
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The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development…

Gaza’s youth using art to overcome the scars of war

July 7, 2015
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Last summer, 16 year old Eba'a Hamouda watched terrified as the bombs fell all around her…

Yemen: Women get on their bikes for their rights

July 6, 2015
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Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came…

Teachers and Tampons: why taxes matter for women

June 23, 2015
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Today is World Public Service Day. Around the world, governments and citizens are marking the contribution…

In Focus: Syria, World Refugee Day

June 20, 2015
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Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes…

Forced from home – Eliza’s journey to safety in South Sudan

June 20, 2015
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Written by: Stella Madete, Oxfam Novib (Netherlands), Information Officer, Somalia Eliza is a chef and mother…

Nepal earthquake was ‘single most frightening experience of my life’

May 19, 2015
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By Lisa Rutherford (press office, Oxfam Great Britain) The 7.9 magnitude earthquake on 25th April left the…

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COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’ – Oxfam

November 24, 2025

In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Brasil Executive Director Viviana Santiago said: “COP30 offered a spark of hope but far more heartbreak, as the ambition of global leaders continues to fall short of what is needed for a livable planet. People from the Global South arrived in Belém with hope, seeking real progress…

Child Care for All Summit Calls for Universal and Inclusive Child Care as Key to Canada’s Economic Future

November 24, 2025

Ottawa, ON – November 24, 2025 – At a critical moment for Canada’s early learning and child care program, feminist and community leaders from across Canada are gathering in Ottawa this week for the second Child Care for All Summit. The Summit comes in the wake of Budget 2025, which advocates warn could stall progress…

COP30 text ‘unacceptable’ and fails communities at frontline of climate disasters

November 21, 2025

In response to the latest ‘Mutirão’ text, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International Climate Policy Lead, said: “As COP30 races toward its close, world leaders are gambling with the planet — and with the lives of the poorest. Rich countries are treating adaptation finance as a bargaining chip. Yet adaptation finance is a lifeline for all people, from farmers…

Oxfam Pilipinas Responds as Super Typhoon Uwan Devastates Communities

November 10, 2025

Responding to the impact of two deadly typhoons, Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name: Uwan) and Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name: Tino), Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director said: “Two deadly typhoons in a span of one week in the world’s most disaster-prone country must be enough to convince the government leaders of the Philippines and…

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