Helping Syrian refugees with disabilities in Jordan’s camp Za’atari
April 2013 – Adapting to life in Jordan’s sprawling desert refugee camp, Za’atari, is hard for…
The World Bank and land grabs
by Hannah Stoddart At the beginning of its Land and Poverty Conference this week, the World Bank…
Syrian refugee influx adding to Jordan’s water worries
A short distance from Zaatari, a sprawling camp for Syrian refugees, lies a road full…
Manny’s story: “It’s like they have killed us already”
In the once tranquil Casiguran municipality of the Philippines, a powerful local political dynasty has…
Broken promises: rural women hit hardest by corporate land deals
Small-scale women farmers are the backbone of Africa’s food system, but, as corporations buy up huge…
Muslimah learned how to manage land, plant, raise seedlings, and make compost at a three-month field…
So many changes: a success story
The coffee ceremony in Ethiopia is a long ritual in which beans are gently washed, slowly…
Wildfires have long been a major problem in Ethiopia. Hunters use fire in forests to flush…
Oxfam’s role model for girls at Zaatari camp
by Caroline Gluck Amid a sea of male construction and site workers in Jordan’s sprawling…
Deeper issues in violence against women
by Nidhi Tandon The first and greatest violence is the systematic exclusion of people – a great number of people – by…
Ending women’s inequality is key to tackling hunger. Who cares?
A new UN report released today on Women’s Rights and the Right to Food puts…
The response to Behind the Brands so far
There’s been a great response to the Behind the Brands launch. Consumers clearly care about…
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Oxfam warning of ‘disaster upon disaster’ as Mozambique braces for Tropical Storm Gezani
Oxfam is warning that Mozambique could be seriously impacted by Tropical Storm Gezani, which is currently gaining intensity over the Mozambique channel. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, it is likely to cause strong winds and flooding rain across Sofala, Gaza and Inhambane provinces – areas which have already been devastated by months of heavy…
Escalation of conflict in South Sudan threatens to push a million into extreme food crisis
Families in South Sudan are once again having to flee for their lives due to escalating conflict at a time when hunger is already at catastrophic levels, Oxfam warned. Renewed fighting, which has spread across Jonglei and into the neighbouring area of Walgak, 100 kilometres from the capital Juba, is deepening an already dire situation,…
Oxfam reaction to IPC alert for Sudan confirming famine-level malnutrition in two additional areas
Responding to today’s Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) alert Oxfam’s Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director, said: “It is deeply alarming that famine-level malnutrition has been confirmed in two additional areas of North Darfur that were previously not at risk. This is in addition to the extreme hunger levels already being experienced by communities who have suffered nearly…
Rafah reopening must see free movement of Palestinian people and goods: Oxfam
Reacting to today’s reopening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Oxfam’s oPt Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi said: “We welcome the reopening of Rafah which is desperately needed for people who have been trapped without options for so many months of closure imposed as part of a broader siege on Gaza. A crossing that…