What is famine? Definition, causes, and how to stop it
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Adeline: A Young Activist’s Journey in Breaking Stigmas in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
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G7 2025: A Summit of Missed Opportunities
From June 15-17, leaders from the world’s most powerful economies gathered in Kananaskis, Alberta for the…
Rich polluter profits tax could raise up to $400 billion and help phase out fossil fuels
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Easing the burden on mothers in refugee camps
For many refugees, one of the toughest things they have to face while trying to survive…
Oxfam Canada is pleased to announce the second round of the Stand Up for SRHR Financial Support for Community-Based…
Earlier this week, Israel announced that it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.…
“I found out I was pregnant during the war.” News of a growing family is…
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Four Years of Action: How Far Have Canadian Brands Come?
Twelve years ago, the world watched in horror as the Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh. In…
Your Vote, Your Power: What’s at Stake?
Canada’s next Federal Election is now in full swing, and the stakes couldn’t be higher considering…
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Syria crisis: Hunger spreading amid COVID-19 and economic collapse
International agencies call for Brussels Conference to address fall-out from the pandemic Syrians who have already endured almost a decade of war and displacement are now facing unprecedented levels of hunger leaving millions of people acutely vulnerable to COVID-19, international agencies warned today ahead of a key annual conference on the crisis. COVID-19 restrictions, the…
71 per cent of Canadian women feeling more anxious, depressed, isolated, overworked or ill because of increased unpaid care work caused by COVID-19: Oxfam survey
Ottawa – Seventy-one per cent of women surveyed in Canada reported feeling more anxious, depressed, isolated, overworked, or ill because of having to shoulder even more unpaid care work as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according to national poll results released by Oxfam Canada today. The Canadian poll results were significantly higher in comparison…
Canada can champion gender equality without UN Security Council seat
OTTAWA — Earlier today, Canada lost its bid to be elected to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council. Despite this loss, Canada can and must still advance its global goals through its Feminist Foreign Policy. Canada must play a constructive global role through continuing to support efforts to advance gender equality and…
Oxfam redoubling efforts to strengthen safeguarding and culture in face of COVID-19
Oxfam has continued its journey in changing its culture and improving its safeguarding of staff and the people with whom we work. In its latest report (Oct 2019-Mar 2020), Oxfam notes that the COVID-19 crisis risks diverting people’s attention away from these important issues, so it has re-doubled efforts to keep its improvement plan on…