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…
Go behind the brands you buy
What do Toblerone and Tropicana have in common? The same as Coca-Cola, Cheerios and Cadbury’s…
Making CHANGE: Summits focus on Gender Justice
First question: How does Oxfam take the potential for gender-based violence into account when planning…
7 photos that reveal what families eat in one week
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America How much food does your household go through in a…
Gathered together under the shade of a big leafy tree, a group of men and women…
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Statement on Collective Bargaining – Oxfam Canada and CUPE Local 2722
Oxfam Canada and CUPE Local 2722 have been engaged in collective bargaining for the renewal of the Collective Agreement that expired on March 31, 2025. After more than a year of negotiations, the process reached an impasse. As of June 11, unionized employees have been exercising their legal right to strike. Oxfam Canada respects that…
More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined – Oxfam
More than one in five killed over last 20 years were children More Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military and settlers across the occupied West Bank in the last three years than in the previous 17 years combined, analysis from Oxfam has found. The number of children killed over the last three years…
Aid cuts left DRC exposed to Ebola – Oxfam is mounting a response
Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu, Oxfam Country Director in the DRC, said: “Our partners are sending us deeply alarming reports. One…
Oxfam Reactive on the publication of the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Somalia
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today for Somalia which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Somalia Humanitarian lead, Sameer Kariya said: “Somalia is once again sliding dangerously close to catastrophe. More than 6 million…