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Following a rigorous international search, the Oxfam Canada Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that Lauren…
(Ottawa) – Global inequality is out of control with the world’s richest one per cent having more…
Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Iraq is restricted due to heightened security concerns, road checkpoints and travel difficulties,…
On 22 December, at around 1am, Oxfam’s office in Al Dhale’e was attacked by two RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades).…
The Global Refugee Forum ended today with refugees making sure that their message to be fully included…
The processes for supporting the world’s 25.9 million refugees and 3.5 million asylum seekers, continue to be…
A quarter of all civilian casualties across Yemen in 2019 were recorded in Hudaydah governorate. Despite a…
Climate fuelled disasters were the number one driver of internal displacement over the last decade, forcing more…
Oxfam spokespeople available for interview via phone or Skype in India and Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar Rohingya…
Approximately 800,000 people are at risk of disease and extreme hunger as a result of devastating floods…
Rich polluting countries such as Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the US are short-changing poor countries by…
15 million people in Yemen have had their water supplies severely cut, putting them at risk of…
Leaders must heed climate strikes and give vulnerable people the tools to survive People living in the…
Six months on from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai in which more than 1,000 people were…
(Ottawa) Thanks to a contribution of $11.9 million from the Government of Canada, more than 16,000 women…
One year on from the signing of the peace agreement, millions of South Sudanese remain displaced as…
President Macron put inequality at the top of the agenda, but G7 leaders failed to make meaningful…
Rohingya people in Myanmar and Bangladesh say they feel trapped and that their lives are on hold…
Oxfam is well placed to expand upon the improvements it is making to its safeguarding systems and…
(Ottawa) – As G7 leaders head to Biarritz, France, and President Macron promises to make the fight…
Number killed directly by fighting is equivalent to eight more bus loads More than 300 children have…
Second Ebola case in Goma shows potential for virus to spiral out of control A year after…
More than 15 million people are in need of aid as drought hits parts of Ethiopia, Kenya…
Deadly floods and landslides have already killed 300 people and forced over 12 million more from their…
(Ottawa) – Thanks to a contribution of $7 million from the Government of Canada, more than six…
(Ottawa) – Thanks to a contribution of $8 million from the Government of Canada, women’s rights organizations…
Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director Julie Delahanty announced today that she is stepping down to pursue new challenges…
With human rights defenders increasingly under attack around the world, civil society organizations today welcomed the Government of…
(Ottawa) – Oxfam Canada welcomes and accepts the findings and recommendations of the final report of the…
(Vancouver) – Oxfam Canada enthusiastically welcomes the Government of Canada’s announcement today of $700 million per year…
(Vancouver) – The Government of Canada announced today that it will provide $300 million in funding to…
Oxfam, Save the Children and Care are calling on donors to meet or exceed the proposed $5…
(Ottawa) – Child benefit payments worth $23.7 billion are given to almost 3.7 million families across the…
Today Oxfam published its fourth quarterly progress report on its 10-Point Action Plan to strengthen Oxfam’s safeguarding…
G7 development aid must prioritize the needs of women and girls if they are to tackle poverty…
Oxfam India’s humanitarian teams are assessing the damage caused by Cyclone Fani, the worst cyclone that India…
Urgent action is needed to help tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes following…
Oxfam and international and local partners are planning to help people in Mozambique hit by a second…
(Ottawa) – Oxfam Canada is proud to partner with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival again this…
“Like a war zone” says Oxfam; destruction and suffering still not fully mapped Despite initial appeals, international…
International aid agency Oxfam says the Mozambique government is acting quickly to set up cholera treatment centres…
(Ottawa) – Oxfam Canada, along with the members of the Humanitarian Coalition, welcomes the Government of Canada’s…
In response to news reports that the number of cases of cholera in the cyclone devastated city…
(Ottawa) As the scope of the devastation brought on by Cyclone Idai continues to unfold in Southern…
Oxfam has distributed emergency supplies to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Nsanje district, one of the worst…
(Ottawa) Four years have passed since the beginning of a bloody war in Yemen. The war has…
Oxfam will begin distributing lifesaving aid including water purification tablets and hygiene kits to some of the…
As Oxfam leaders from across the world, attending our annual board meetings in Kenya, we send our…
Oxfam’s initial aims are to reach up to 500,000 people – hopefully more – including in partnership…
Today the federal government released its last budget before the elections in the fall. It is the…
(Ottawa) Three civilians are being killed every day in Yemen – that’s one person every eight hours…
Oxfam will be responding with water, sanitation services, food and other non-food items to people affected by…
As the international community came together for the 7th consecutive year to commit to helping Syrians inside…
The European Union’s deal with Turkey to control migration and return “irregular” migrants has led to policies…
Oxfam and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) today called on governments and other donors to provide more…
(Ottawa) Over the past year, the federal government’s bold feminist words have translated into significant policies and…
In response to Canada’s commitment of funding at the third High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis…
Conflict, rising food prices and plummeting incomes in Yemen are forcing people to resort to desperate measures…
Another generation of girls in South Sudan will miss out on an education, face huge health risks…
(Ottawa) The fortunes of the world’s billionaires grew by 12 per cent – or $3.3 billion a…
Oxfam proactively set up the Independent Commission as part of the 10-Point Action Plan to strengthen Oxfam’s…
Oxfam will work with the Government of Indonesia to provide clean water and hygiene facilities to people…
Coastal communities in small islands in the Sundra Strait are believed to be among the worst hit…
People forced to flee their homes are set for a winter struggle to survive in areas of…
Sterilizing women without their free, full, and informed consent is a form of violence and torture. Across…
The Her Future, Her Choice: Strengthening Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights program will directly reach 250,000…
The involuntary return of refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, where their lives and safety remain at grave…
With 14 million men, women and children on the brink of famine – half the country’s population…
After years of protracted violence, forced displacement and severe hunger many people are still terrified to go…
For the first time in more than a decade, the United Nations reported a sharp increase in…
Oxfam Canada is thrilled to partner with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival to tell the stories…
The area, one of the poorest in DRC, is already struggling with malnutrition, cholera and the threat…
In Guatemala, Oxfam and its local partners have distributed 5,250 personal hygiene kits, 560 children’s food packages,…
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Oxfam has held initial training courses for 119 staff to become new safeguarding investigators as part of…
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Conditions for over half a million people in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah are steadily deteriorating with…
The monsoon rains falling on the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar, southern Bangladesh, have caused over…
Oxfam has started to provide desperately needed food to thousands of people caught up in the Ebola…
The UN and NGOs received warnings over the weekend for staff to evacuate Hodeida by Tuesday ahead…
Reacting to the outcome of the G7 summit in Quebec, Canada, Oxfam International executive director Winnie Byanyima…
More than 12,000 people have evacuated from their homes due to the eruption of Volcán de Fuego,…
The Group of Seven leaders must agree on concrete steps to combat women’s economic inequality and make…
Escalation of fighting around Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah threatens to cut off essential supplies to millions…
The June 3rd eruption of the “Volcan de Fuego” in Guatemala has claimed 65 lives, displaced 3,500…
Canada is providing assistance to the Fiji islands after two cyclones struck in one week in April…
Oxfam today called for urgent action to prevent millions of people being hit by famine in South…
A new Oxfam survey of 40 oil, gas and mining companies has found that they are warming to the…
Damage and fear caused by the first rains of the monsoon season in the Rohingya refugee camps…
(Ottawa) As Justin Trudeau prepares to host G7 leaders in Charlevoix in June, the firstever feminist summit…
Oxfam Canada is proud to partner with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival to tell the stories…
In response to the U.S., French and British air strikes on Syria, Moutaz Adham, Country Director, Oxfam…
Zainab Bangura, a former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations,and Katherine Sierra, a former Vice-President of the…
(Ottawa) Over the past year, the federal government’s bold feminist words have translated into tangible action to…
The federal government released Budget 2018 today, with a focus on advancing gender equality. Oxfam Canada and…
A full copy of Oxfam’s final internal report into allegations of sexual misconduct and other unacceptable behaviour during Oxfam’s humanitarian…
An independent commission will be set up with immediate power to carry out a wide-ranging review of…
In 2011, several Oxfam UK staff were accused of sexual exploitation and abuse in Haiti during the…
(Ottawa) Eighty two per cent of global wealth generated last year went to the richest one per…
(OTTAWA) Oxfam Canada welcomes news that the federal government is creating the office of Canadian Ombudsperson for…
Seventeen aid agencies working in Yemen are urging for the complete and unconditional opening of Hudaydah port…
Yemen is being pushed ever closer to famine after 1,000 days of a brutal war, exacerbated by…
(Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh) Rohingya refugees interviewed by Oxfam in Bangladesh say they will not go back to…
(OTTAWA) Oxfam Canada would like to thank Canadians who opened their hearts and wallets to help deliver…
International humanitarian agencies in Yemen are urgently calling on all warring parties for an immediate ceasefire in…
(Jakarta) Thanks to a $2.6 million contribution from the Canadian government, Oxfam Canada will harness the power…
(Ottawa) Thanks to a contribution of $17.5 million from the Government of Canada, Oxfam Canada will empower…
Oxfam and 17 other humanitarian agencies expressed serious concern today over the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s decision to…
(Ottawa) Oxfam Canada welcomes the federal government’s announcement today of legislation aimed at addressing sexual harassment and…
(Ottawa) Oxfam Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s announcement that for every eligible donation made by individuals…
There are now more than 120,000 pregnant women and mothers with new babies struggling to survive in…
(Ottawa) Profits in the global hotel industry are based on the systematic exploitation of housekeepers, the majority…
More than 335,000 people continue to go hungry in the Lake Region of Chad – a place…
Oxfam warned today that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of…
Aid workers are in a race against time to stop the rapid spread of disease as thousands…
Yemen’s five-month old cholera crisis is now the world’s largest outbreak since records began, Oxfam said today,…
More than 70 per cent of the nearly 430,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh are…
Oxfam is currently preparing to respond to the likely humanitarian needs of people now being hit by…
Oxfam is sending in two teams of humanitarian experts to Morelos and Puebla, with more on the…
After completing a fact-finding mission in Cuba to identify those most in need, Oxfam is working with…
The Declaration, first adopted last September, reaffirmed the responsibility of all nations to refugees, and laid out…
Nearly 370,000 people crossed into Bangladesh in the past four weeks, doubling the number seeking refuge in…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Oxfam and its Caribbean partner organizations are helping the most vulnerable…
Oxfam has been working with the Cuban authorities to develop one of the most effective disaster prevention…
“Oxfam is deeply concerned about the plight of more than 160,000 civilians who have crossed the border…
Hurricane Irma caused widespread damage in Haiti and Dominican Republic overnight. Oxfam teams will immediately asses the…
Many supermarket shelves in northern Haiti are now empty and many people in coastal areas are being…
Oxfam country teams and partner organizations in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba are now preparing to…
Some 1,200 people have died and 43 million people have been hit by the monsoon rains and…
In response to the announcement by the UNHCR that one million South Sudanese refugees are now in…
With an estimated 55 million women, children and men struggling to find food and safe drinking water…
The international agency initially plans to help almost 2,000 households amidst concerns that continued heavy rains, overcrowding…
In reaction to the announcement that more than 500,000 people are suspected of contracting cholera in Yemen,…
In response to the newly released Humanitarian Response Document by the Government of Ethiopia, Victoria Hopkins, Humanitarian…
On June 9, 2017, Minister of International Cooperation Marie-Claude Bibeau launched Canada’s first Feminist International Assistance Policy…
Heavy, sustained rains across the northeastern states in India caused extensive damage and affected close to 400,000…
The number of people with cholera in Yemen is now the largest ever in any country in…
The 2017 leg of Coldplay’s Head Full of Dreams tour – which arrives in Montreal on Tuesday,…
In response to the Iraqi Security Forces’ announcement that they have retaken the city of Mosul from ISIS,…
In response to the new IPC figures that show that famine has been pushed back in the two counties…
Yemen is in the grip of a runaway cholera epidemic that is killing one person nearly every…
Oxfam Canada welcomed the Government of Canada’s announcement today, that for every eligible donation made by individual…
Deadly famine is already affecting 100,000 people in parts of South Sudan and threatens to extend to…
TORONTO, CNW – Unifor is proud to partner with Oxfam Canada to help provide famine relief in…
Oxfam Canada is proud to announce that it has partnered with Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival…
As G7 foreign ministers meeting in Lucca, Italy, failed to reach agreement on sanctions, Oxfam has called…
Oxfam strongly condemns the decision by the US Government this week to withhold funding to the United…
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published its annual review of development aid assistance today,…
The Government of Canada released its Federal Budget 2017 today, announcing a few new measures and investments…
Oxfam Canada delivered a pair of work boots to Finance Minister Bill Morneau today, in the hopes…
Ottawa, March 14 – Almost every year, sometime before delivering his budget speech to the House of…
Six years since the demonstrations that triggered the descent into a brutal civil war, millions of Syrians…
Women’s Day In response to Prime Minister Trudeau and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s announcement today of…
Ottawa – Oxfam condemns President Trump’s latest effort to slam the door on refugees by signing yet…
Ottawa – Despite noble intentions and some important steps in the right direction, the bold feminist rhetoric…
Canadian civil society leaders in Brussels as part of the Canadian delegation for the She Decides funding…
The world stands on the brink of an unprecedented four famines in 2017 due to a catastrophic…
Twenty seven humanitarian agencies working in South Sudan have warned that unless substantial funds are immediately provided…
Emma Jane Drew, Humanitarian Program Manager in South Sudan says: “This is a man-made tragedy, and we are…
An estimated 750,000 people are trapped in western Mosul without any safe means of escape from the…
Oxfam Canada is deeply concerned about President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and the impact it could…
Oxfam Canada strongly condemns the recent decision of the US Government to reinstate the Global Gag Rule,…
We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn President Trump’s signing of the Global Gag Rule on January 23rd…
Dear Minister Morneau, It’s 2017 and we want to see real change. Last week Oxfam revealed that…
Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half…
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians who survived Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through their country three months ago, will go…
Oxfam welcomes today’s concluding observations and recommendations on Canada’s progress on women’s rights and gender equality from…
Oxfam Canada welcomes the Canada Revenue Agency’s close review of the ways in which the Canada Revenue…
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance released its report Creating the Conditions for Growth: Tools…
Oxfam welcomes the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development’s report, Development cooperation for a more…
Less than three per cent of nearly five million refugees living in Syria’s neighbouring states have been…
In response to news of execution-style killings in Aleppo, Andy Baker, Oxfam’s Regional Program Manager for the…
Oxfam is mounting a response to the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the northern end of the…
"It is only now that residents of east Aleppo – who have faced intense and sustained bombardment…
In response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on funding in Liberia, Oxfam Canada’s Senior Policy Advisor…
Ottawa, Ontario (November 24, 2016) ––Oxfam Canada is pleased to announce that it’s Executive Director, Julie Delahanty,…
Commenting on Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Report which was published today, Oxfam Canada’s Manager of Campaigns, Kelly…
Oxfam moved Wednesday a huge generator across conflict lines to East Aleppo to help improve the water…
Families are suffering appalling injuries and traumas to escape the fighting in Mosul as the number fleeing…
People living in ‘smoke-filled hell’ in areas around Mosul recaptured from ISISThousands of families are living in…
The amount of net financial assistance going to help developing countries fight climate change has been miscounted…
The emergency response in Haiti is at a standstill following nearly 48 hours of heavy rains. Helicopters…
At least seven are confirmed dead and thousands remain displaced after super typhoon Haima (local name: Lawin)…
Addressing the unequal economics of women’s work is fundamental to closing the gap between women and men,…
Food, shelter and clean water are needed urgently by people in southern Haiti following the destruction caused…
As Oxfam teams access the most affected areas in Haiti, the destruction left by hurricane Matthew is…
The full extent of Hurricane Matthew’s damage on Haiti will not be certain until response teams are…
Hurricane Matthew continues its trajectory in the center of the Caribbean region. Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and Dominican…
Hurricane Matthew, a dangerous storm whose top sustained winds have sometimes reached 160 miles per hour, is churning…
Andy Baker, Oxfam’s lead for the Syria Crisis Response, said: “There is absolutely no excuse for the…
In response to Prime Minister Trudeau’s address at the United Nations General Assembly, Oxfam Canada’s Director of…
Governments may be patting themselves on the back when they attend Monday’s UN summit on Refugees and…
Close to four million refugees and asylum seekers have fled from one conflict zone to another, Oxfam…
Despite there being more young people in the world today than ever before, they are excluded from…
South Sudan faces a spiralling humanitarian crisis as the recent surge in fighting prevents aid agencies from…
More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an estimated 60,000 in the Manbij area, Syria, have been…
In response to the latest Panama Papers leak that exposes how Africa is being deprived billions of…
The six wealthiest countries – which make up more than half the global economy – host less…
Juba – Oxfam’s Country Director in South Sudan, Zlatko Gegic, said: “With caution but great hope, Oxfam…
Five years after the birth of South Sudan, Oxfam warned today that without commitment from all signatories…
As Ottawa prepares to host the North American Leader’s Summit on Wednesday, June 29th, Oxfam Canada’s Director…
"G7 leaders have sided with the tax dodgers and not the public. Despite all the talk of…
Some progress at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul – but world leaders fail to deliver the goods…
Nearly 425,000 Sri Lankans were affected, and 240,000 remain displaced by floods, landslides, and torrential rains. Oxfam…
Bangladesh: Cyclone Roanu – Oxfam emergency teams at work Oxfam is reaching communities in Bangladesh hit yesterday by…
The World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul is taking place in a world where 125 million people are…
In response to the launch of the international assistance review consultations, Julie Delahanty, Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director,…
Oxfam is using its in-country aid stocks to provide essential household items and portable toilets to families…
The package of measures announced by governments attending the anti-corruption summit in London today will not stop…
Experts including Thomas Piketty, Jeff Sachs, Nora Lustig and Angus Deaton call for more tax transparencyMore than…
Families across Latin America are running out of food and options as farmers report another failed harvest…
The riots in Moria closed facility in Lesbos on Tuesday expose how European Union policies are failing…
Two tonnes of water pipes and tanks arrived in Quito last night by plane with the support…
As more than 160 countries come together to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, taking a critical…
World-wide development organization Oxfam will send its first shipment of aid tomorrow to those people most affected…
Despite 800 people drowning off Lampedusa in the Mediterranean on this day last year, Europe is still…
Oxfam is responding to a major earthquake off the coast of Ecuador. We will shortly be sending…
Oxfam Canada comments on OECD figures on development aid: Slight increase in development aid not sufficient to lift people…
Majority of World Bank’s private investments go to companies that have a presence in tax havens, says…
Oxfam’s new analysis shows that only three countries – Canada, Germany and Norway – have made resettlement…
Women are unpaid, undervalued and unequal, says a new report published today by Oxfam Canada and the…
"The ceasefire might not be complete or nation-wide, but it is the first de-escalation measure in the…
In response to billions of dollars being pledged by governments today to help Syrians engulfed in the…
Rich countries meeting in London this week must commit to real changes that will improve the lives…
Millions of people are at risk as Ethiopia suffers its worst drought in thirty years. In some…
In response to the UN’s announcement of worsening hunger in Yemen, Josephine Hutton, Oxfam’s regional programme manager,…
In response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum this morning, Executive…
Runaway inequality has created a world where 62 people own as much wealth as the poorest half…
International aid agencies working in Syria today expressed relief that a convoy of food aid and other…
Ottawa, January 7, 2016 – As winter takes hold, conditions for those affected by the conflict in…
The Paris climate deal has brought the world’s powers together but has short-changed the poorest and most…
Negotiations to end a bloody conflict in Yemen have a far better chance of long term success…
The poorest half of the world’s population – 3.5 billion people – is responsible for just 10…
Oxfam report reveals spiralling costs of 3°C compared to 2°C warmingDeveloping countries’ economies risk being crushed under…
Health and shelter for Burundian refugees in Tanzania are poised to get worse in already overstretched camps,…
G20 leaders are holding their annual meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on November 15 – 16, where gender equality,…
Refugees and migrants arriving in Europe through Bulgaria are claiming to have been abused by the country’s…
G20 countries – including Canada – are among the biggest losers when US multinationals avoid paying taxes…
Oxfam commends the World Bank for connecting the need to tackle climate change with the urgent fight…
The international community must agree to a bold new deal for Syria’s refugees if it is serious…
Le message en français suit.“Oxfam welcomes Hon. Stéphane Dion, Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau and Hon. Chrystia Freeland as…
Climate activist and best-selling Canadian author Naomi Klein is among those who have shared an eyes-only selfie…
As Cyclone Chapala hits war-torn Yemen, Oxfam Country Director in the country, Sajjad Mohamed Sajid said: "It's a…
In response to the Government of Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees by year…
A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan shook buildings from Kabul to Delhi today, cutting power and communications…
Juba, South Sudan – In response to the latest Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), or food security analysis…
Oxfam applauds today’s report by the International Monetary Fund, which argues that tackling gender inequality is not…
Oxfam Canada welcomes the new government’s commitment to restoring Canada’s role in the world. We are in a…
New York, NY – A landmark United Nations resolution that 15 years ago promised to bolster the…
The United Nations’ Open Debate and High Level Review on Women, Peace and Security is just around…
The international community is proving utterly inadequate in helping Syrians both inside and outside their country. Oxfam’s…
Ottawa – The OECD’s Tax Package, released in Paris today, will not stop corporate tax dodgers cheating…
Oxfam is encouraged by World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s rejection of trickle-down economics and his…
More than 200 million people will be trapped unnecessarily in extreme poverty – despite world leaders’ pledge…
Toronto – Women’s issues finally took the forefront in the federal election thanks to a partnership between…
Oxfam welcomed the Government of Canada’s announcement of a $100 million matching fund program for the Syrian…
On September 15, 2015, three Nobel peace laureates joined Canadian women thought-leaders in Ottawa for an inspiring…
Juba, SOUTH SUDAN – The signing of the peace agreement by President Salva Kiir Mayardit is a…
The Up for Debate campaign announced today that it has confirmation from four major parties to explore…
The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) aims at major global reforms to better protect and assist people affected…
Juba, SOUTH SUDAN – Delaying peace may have serious consequences for South Sudanese civilians who are enduring…
Federal Party Leaders Not Up For Debating Gender EqualityOne week into Canada’s federal election campaign, party leaders…
In fact, that’s almost exactly what we call it: Change Leadership Summit! As in all of our…
The World Food Programme has announced it is to significantly reduce food vouchers for refugees living outside…
Oxfam Canada was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Flora MacDonald, a great friend and…
Ottawa – The Up for Debate campaign has released a selection of questions that it has crowdsourced…
Since the start of the conflict, nearly 25,000 additional people are going hungry each day in Yemen…
Oxfam supports the UN’s call for greater Canadian leadership on women and girls rights. Canada was recently…
Unresolved rigged tax rules and privatized development are the major drawbacks of the UN Financing for Development…
Lack of fuel in Yemen caused by the continuing conflict and restrictions of imports could ultimately be…
In response to the FFD announcement of the Global Financing Facility for Every Woman, Every Child, Claire…
JUBA, South Sudan – Cholera cases are rapidly increasing in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as the cost…
The corporate grip on development finance must be loosened if the Finance for Development Conference is going…
Instead of celebrating its 4th anniversary, South Sudan is standing on an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In the…
The number of Syrian refugees registered in neighbouring countries has hit the 4 million mark, announced the…
“This cholera outbreak is a wake-up call for the government and the aid world to redouble efforts…
The UN report provides an assessment of global and regional progress towards the MDGs. It shows that…
The trailer of documentary, produced by Oxfam and the European Commission, will be presented on 20th June…
Winnie Byanyima spoke with Canadian media while in Montreal for the Economic Forum of the Americas. Read…
Oxfam is planning to expand its response to the Syrian crisis as it renews an agreement with…
RAMADAN LAUNCH 2015Islamic Relief and Oxfam Canada will host an exciting event to welcome the blessed month…
The G7 countries have made a stuttering start on climate change but have largely neglected the plight…
G7 based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated $US 6 billion in 2010 through…
Responding to the latest Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) or food analysis report for South Sudan, Oxfam South…
Ongoing airstrikes, ground fighting and fuel shortages mean that an additional 3 million Yemenis are now without…
One month on since the first earthquake hit Nepal, Oxfam is working with mountain guides and porters…
Commenting on the new OECD report released today – In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All…
Overcrowding and a lack of clean water and sanitation facilities have led to cholera among the estimated…
In response to the statement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Mr. Toby Lanzer, regarding…
South Sudan's parliament has unanimously passed a bill that would severely limit the NGO sector in the…
Cecilia Keizer, Oxfam’s country director in Nepal said: “This is a double disaster leaving many of the…
In response to Liberia officially being declared Ebola free, Oxfam’s Country Director in Liberia Mamudu Salifu said:“Today’s…
Oxfam is on the ground in Nepal, providing food, clean drinking water and shelter to thousands. A…
Survivors of Nepal's massive earthquake are in a race against time to secure shelter and adequate sanitation…
A bottleneck of people and supplies at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport combined with nationwide fuel shortages, blocked roads…
Oxfam welcomes the Government of Canada’s Matching Fund program for the Nepal earthquake.Julie Delahanty, Oxfam Canada's Executive…
Oxfam is now delivering clean water and sanitation supplies that will reach at least 350,000 people. Tens…
On April 25th at 11:47am local time, an estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, near the capital,…
“Budgets are about choices. And this Budget is built for those who already have plenty of choices.…
Oxfam calls on the World not to forget the humanitarian plight of millions.As the conflict in Yemen…
Commenting on the Official Development Assistance (ODA) report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…
The International Finance Corporation has little accountability for billions of dollars’ worth of investments into banks, hedge…
Andy Baker who leads Oxfam’s response to the Syria crisis said:“While some donors have been generous in…
Aid agencies estimate that $8.7 billion is needed in 2015 to support 18 million people in Syria…
The over emphasis on an almost exclusive medical approach at the start of the Ebola crisis hampered…
Commenting on the Alternative Federal Budget released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Oxfam…
Two rapid assessment teams have arrived in the two small southern Vanuatu islands hit hardest by Cyclone…
More Oxfam Humanitarian Emergency responders are flying to Vanuatu this morning on an Australian Government plane, as…
Oxfam staff on the ground in Port Vila have reported complete destruction of homes, three story high…
TORONTO/OTTAWA, CANADA (March 12, 2015) – Three of Canada’s largest humanitarian aid agencies, Oxfam, Save the Children…
Commenting on today’s report on inequality released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Kelly Bowden, Oxfam Canada's Inequality…
By Julie DelahantyThis op-ed was originally published on i-politics, March 5, 2015 Canadians are finally talking about violence…
Statement by Julie Delahanty, Executive Director, Oxfam CanadaInternational Women's Day 2015As we mark International Women’s Day on…
Women's rights in Canada and around the world"Left unchecked, extreme inequality will reverse progress in the fight…
Oxfam calls for massive post-Ebola Marshall PlanWorld cannot dither on recovery as it dithered over EbolaA multi-million…
Yemen is on the brink of humanitarian disaster with millions of lives at riskMore than half of…
By 2016, the richest 1% of people on the planet will own more wealth than the rest…
Watch Julie Delahanty on the challenges and solutions to extreme poverty and inequality:CTV's Power Play Learn MoreEven…
According to a new Oxfam report, Wealth: Having it all and wanting more, the combined wealth of…
Haiti Earthquake – 5 years on reconstruction and challenges remainFive years ago on 12 January, a powerful…
Growing Concern over Poverty and Homelessness: Global PollA GlobeScan poll, released today, shows increases in perceived seriousness…
Arms Trade Treaty enters into force offering fresh hope for the protection of civilians in 2015 –…
Ten years on, the Indian Ocean Tsunami response reveals how people in crises can be helped by…
Oxfam Canada Congratulates Government onPassing Extractive Sector Transparency Measures ActOxfam Canada welcomes the passing of the Extractive…
Oxfam Canada Statement on Cuba/United States Diplomatic Relations “We welcome today’s announcement restoring diplomatic relations between Cuba and…
Rough seas ahead for climate talks, Paris deal still on the horizon Lima, Peru – Another year of…
South Sudan: Millions at risk from hunger as conflict threatens to escalate A year after the fighting…
Oxfam assesses immediate needs of tropical storm HagupitOxfam rapid assessment teams have been deployed to survey the…
Typhoon Hagupit: Oxfam Ready with Emergency Assistance as Disaster Preparedness Saves LivesOxfam Canada has pledged funds to…
Humanitarian and human rights agencies urge governments to resettle 5% refugees from Syria by end 2015Over 30…
Sierra Leone: Mass quarantines causing unnecessary hardship and risk further spread of Ebola warns OxfamEfforts to contain…
Climate finance action plan can set table for Paris deal, says OxfamLima, Peru – All countries must…
Afghan women frozen out of peace talksIn danger of losing gains made since fall of the TalibanAfghan…
Pledges to Green Climate Fund reach bare minimumThe announcement of $9.5 billion in pledges to the Green…
Oxfam verdict on the G20 summitThe G20’s promise to pursue inclusive and sustainable growth is welcome, but…
G20 must turn the tide on rising inequality: Oxfam November 12, 2014—G20 leaders meeting in Brisbane, Australia…
Learning from Typhoon Haiyan:Asian governments failing to respond to climate change – OxfamNovember 7, 2014 – Many…
Oxfam and Canadian Celebrities Unwrap Ways to Give Life Changing Gifts this Holiday Season Toronto — Oxfam…
Women ask Federal Leaders “Are you Up for Debate?”Organizations across Canada ask federal party leaders to commit…
Number of billionaires doubles since financial crisis as inequality spirals out of controlRising inequality could set the…
In a battle against the clock, with less than two months left in the window to curb…
For immediate releaseMore needs to be done to stop the spread of EbolaOxfam is warning that the…
DescriptionJoin the Oxfam BC team and commemorate World Food day with a Pailwalker.A Pailwalker is a walk in…
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) co-founder Kailash Satyarthi and girls' education champion Malala Yousafzai have been…
BackgroundSince January, conflict and human rights abuses in Iraq have displaced around 1.8 million Iraqis, according to…
International agency Oxfam is planning to triple its Ebola prevention programme in Sierra Leone Oxfam will be significantly stepping…
OTTAWA/MISSISSAUGA, ON (October 6, 2014) – A group of leading aid agencies warned today that parts of…
Argentina, St Lucia, Portugal, Senegal, and Uruguay are amongst latest states to announce ratification – triggering 90-day…
Today, more than 120 world leaders, corporate leaders and representatives from civil society met in New York…
(Ottawa) Today, the Humanitarian Coalition launches a national joint appeal to raise funds for public health and…
Ban Ki-moon Climate Summit at risk of failing to help stop climate change making people hungry(New York,…
“Oxfam welcomes any fall in the number of hungry people. This is proof that we can make…
While OECD countries reduce inequality by more than 35% through taxation and social spending, in Latin America…
A billion-dollar flagship scheme to support private sector-led health care in Africa is bypassing poor people and…
The international response to Syria is failing on three fronts – insufficient aid, meagre resettlement offers and…
(Addis Ababa) Government policies and almost US$6 billion in aid money to support large partnerships with the…
Western and other rich countries should step up their efforts to resettle Syrian refugees, Oxfam said today…
Oxfam welcomes the statement of support by Canada’s provincial energy and mines ministers for federal legislation to…
Israeli and Palestinian leaders must seize the opportunity of the new ceasefire to end the violence once…
After ceasefire talks collapsed and violence erupted yet again, Oxfam today called on all states to immediately…
Ottawa – Oxfam Canada’s National CHANGE Summit – an annual opportunity for youth leaders and campus members…
Oxfam welcomes Kellogg’s climate action commitments following public pressureKellogg today became the second global food giant to…
Oxfam's Iraq Country Representative Wael Ibrahim said : "The situation is deteriorating day by day and our…
Sixty days ago, both parties to the conflict made a promise to their people that they would…
A group of seven major humanitarian aid organizations condemns the recent killings and attacks on South Sudanese…
General Mills takes bold stand for climate actionOxfam welcomes General Mills’ commitments to act following tremendous public…
Statement from Anthony Scoggins, Director of International Programs for Oxfam Canada: Oxfam Canada is in the news today…
People in Gaza trapped with nowhere safe to escape. Oxfam delivers water to families sheltering from the violence Oxfam…
Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – better known as the BRICS – have…
Tacloban City, Leyte – International agency Oxfam said today as another typhoon hits the Philippines there are…
Women won’t be paid as much as men for another 75 years. That’s according to a report…
“We will be staring into the abyss and fail to avert a famine if funds do not…
On the 3rd anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, Oxfam has warned that appeals to fund the aid…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today publishes a major new report on global corporate taxation Spillovers in…
On June 24th in Toronto’s George Ignatieff Theater, leaders from four continents will join Oxfam for a…
Today Oxfam praised the CEO’s of eight of the ten biggest food and beverage companies in the…
Overcoming inequality and slowing global warming are imperative for achieving a world free from poverty and suffering,…
In response to the Letter from African Leaders to Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, Oxfam International’s Executive…
Energy security, climate change and the global economy were among the main topics the G7 leaders addressed…
Maputo, Mozambique – Extreme inequality is a threat to democracy, warns Oxfam International's Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, at today’s closing…
The following media release was issued by the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC). Oxfam Canada is…
As rains cut off humanitarian access and increase risk of the spread of disease, increased donor funding…
Spotlight on Kellogg and General Mills; companies not doing enough to tackle climate change. The “Big 10”…
Oxfam in Nigeria has been watching very closely the unfolding situation of the missing girls in Chibok…
Leyte, Philippines – Urgent government action is needed to secure food and income for thousands of farmers…
Ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa May 7-9, Oxfam International executive director Winnie Byanyima said…
Welcoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's visit to South Sudan, Oxfam's Country Director Cecilia Millan said: "South…
OECD’s current tax action plan is flawed because it excludes poorest countriesThe G20’s plan to tackle corporate…
Haiyan – known as Yolanda in the Philippines – was the strongest cyclone ever recorded at landfall.…
Big agricultural companies need a “gold standard” set of global rules to guide their investments after a…
The safety of seven million people in South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating. Oxfam says the Government of…
The High Level Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Meeting in Mexico to strengthen efforts to fight poverty…
As development leaders from around the world gather in Mexico City to participate in the first High…
The World Bank’s private sector arm, the IFC, today challenged Oxfam’s figures that the new private hospital…
Global wealth inequality threatens economic and social viabilityFollowing Oxfam’s January report revealing that just 85 people owned…
Oxfam today celebrated news that donors had increased their development aid spending to $134.8 billion in 2013,…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today opens its meeting in Berlin to finalize its landmark report…
A new privately-run hospital supported by the World Bank’s private sector arm, the IFC, is threatening to…
Health and education are powerful weapons in the fight against global inequality Countries can start tackling inequality…
In reaction to the suspension of South Sudan mediation talks in Addis Ababa, Oxfam’s Acting Country Director…
The IPCC Working Group II report released Monday presents climate change not as a distant, future threat…
Climate change could push back the fight against hunger by decades but our global food system is…
The escalating violence that has gripped Darfur in recent weeks has forced over 100,000 civilians to flee…
Oxfam welcomes PepsiCo’s commitments to act following tremendous public pressurePepsiCo, the world’s second largest food and beverage…
More than 65 per cent of refugees surveyed by Oxfam fear they may not be able to…
Everyday, across the world, courageous and dedicated women are leading change: they produce food, make up a…
Ottawa – On March 8th, 2014 a dynamic group of local, national and international organizations will host…
Oxfam reaction to Canadian Government announcement on mandatory payment reporting of Extractive IndustriesIn response to the Hon.…
Campaign actions by hundreds of thousands of people in the past 12 months have swayed nine of…
Juba – Today Oxfam withdraws four aid workers who have been trapped by fighting in Malakal while…
The G20 must take necessary steps to reform the international taxation system to stop wealthy tax dodgers,…
Violence in the Central African Republic has seen many large traders and herders targeted and chased from…
The huge humanitarian response in the aftermath of November’s super typhoon saved thousands of lives but three…
Oxfam has accepted Scarlett Johansson’s decision to step down after eight years as a Global Ambassador and…
Bamako, Mali: Ahead of the Sahel Appeal to be launched by the United Nations on the 3rd…
A new Oxfam report, In the Balance, reveals that large swathes of the eastern provinces of North…
“We call upon all parties to the conflict to allow unimpeded humanitarian access, and to ensure the…
In response to Prime Minister Harper's announcement of additional humanitarian support to the Syrian people during his…
While yesterday’s ceasefire is a sign of political progress, efforts to support the more than 50,000 South…
Reacting to news of this afternoon's ceasefire agreement between The Government of South Sudan and Riek Machar's…
"We need to see an immediate halt to the violence, which is tearing Syria apart, and concrete…
Wealthy elites have co-opted political power to rig the rules of the economic game, undermining democracy and…
Thousands of people have been evacuated from collapsed tents and fragile makeshift shelters or are living in…
Civilians fleeing from conflict in South Sudan are spiralling into debt and leaving behind important assets in…
Oxfam has released Good Enough to Eat – a global food index that looks at whether people…
New analysis shows Middle East states, the UK, US and Canada exceeding their fair share in humanitarian…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four years have passed from the tragic earthquake that killed over 200.000 people and left…
Ottawa – Extreme violence and other human rights abuses in South Sudan must cease immediately as direct…
Twenty-five human rights, faith, women’s, teacher, student, community, overseas development and trade union organizations have signed an…
Oxfam is calling for more investment to go into preparing people for floods and other disasters in…
Oxfam appeal to help refugees more important than ever The severe snowstorm this week in Lebanon is just…
Oxfam will start distributing 400 tonnes of rice seeds in six rural municipalities south of Tacloban today…
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International"My direct contact with President Nelson Mandela was in the context…
Canada’s leading unions show solidarity with Filipino membership, give generously to typhoon reliefCanada’s leading unions are giving…
(Ottawa) – The Humanitarian Coalition is pleased to announce that it will be represented at this year’s…
Only massive public pressure can rescue a climate deal, warned Oxfam today, as the Warsaw negotiations drew…
Survey of refugees tells of children missing education and adults fearing they may never work again –…
Millions of people in the Philippines will go hungry in the coming months if rice farmers don’t…
“At the Warsaw Conference, rich country governments have come with nothing to offer.”Enough is enough.We have said…
(Ottawa) – The Humanitarian Coalition and its member agencies are pleased to announce that, collectively, they have…
International agency Oxfam plans to provide vital assistance in the next few weeks to some 20,000 families…
Oxfam teams expert in water and sanitation have been deployed to the worst affected of the Philippines…
An Oxfam team assessing the typhoon damage in the northern-most tip of Cebu mainland, Philippines, said today…
Oxfam has dispatched a team of experts on the ground to assess the water, public health and…
The Coca-Cola Company today committed to take steps to stop land grabs from happening in its supply…
Following the release of Oxfam’s report, Nothing sweet about it, describing the growing threat of land grabs…
Sweeping measures to improve transparency and governance are urgently needed to end a scandal that has seen…
Oxfam has dispatched a team of six experts on the ground to assess the water and sanitation…
The biggest names in the food and drink industry are not doing enough to stop land grabs…
Ottawa – The Canadian members of the Control Arms Coalition today welcomed the United States decision to…
(Beirut) Research carried out by international aid agency Oxfam reveals that many donor countries are failing to…
International agency Oxfam has loaded 20 tonnes worth of water tanks and sanitation equipment bound for Syria…
More women are urgently needed in the Afghan police force in order to reduce violence against women…
ON TAXG20 leaders have committed to a global deal to share tax information automatically, and set a…
World leaders attending the G20 summit must seize this opportunity and make real progress on helping find…
A new study published today by the international aid agency, Oxfam and the Beirut-based ABAAD-Resource Centre for…
Oxfam’s Syria Response Campaign Manager, Claire Seaward, based in Jordan, said, “We are appalled that this landmark…
Star calls on international community to find an urgent solution to the crisisOxfam Global Ambassador and Hollywood…
Many Syrian refugees living outside camps across countries in the region are losing out on the help…
The Right Honourable Stephen HarperPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A2By fax:…
Statement by Robert Fox “Action to fix outdated and unfair international tax rules is welcome and long overdue,”…
Oxfam Canada, today, welcomes Christian Paradis as the new Minister of International Development. “We look forward to…
The stance taken by Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on the reform of EU legislation…
Long-term vision and committed funding urgently needed from international community as flow of Syrian refugees continuesThe number…
In response to the G8 Communique, Oxfam’s Executive Director Jim Clarken said:“The G8 has asked all the…
Sending more arms will only increase the bloodshed, says OxfamUS President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir…
Since 2000, companies in G8 countries have acquired land in developing countries more than the size of…
Oxfam welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement today that Canada will require mandatory disclosure of payments to governments…
Oxfam urges the Canadian government to sign the Arms Trade Treaty without delay to help save lives.Canada…
Governments sign first ever global Arms Trade TreatyHistory will be made today at the United Nations as…
Oxfam response to UN post-2015 development goals reportOxfam today welcomed the ambition, coherence and focus of a…
European Union Foreign Ministers failed last night to extend the EU arms embargo on Syria as it…
Transfer of weapons to Syria likely to spell further disaster for civilians caught in the crossfire, and…
A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to…
Funding urgently needed to provide assistance to over 1.4m Syrian RefugeesWith temperatures set to soar up to…
Oxfam Canada welcomes the decision by Loblaw Companies, owner of the Joe Fresh brand, and 30 other…
Today, the Humanitarian Coalition and its member agencies are launching a national joint appeal to raise funds…
A new coalition of tea companies, non-governmental organisations and certification organisations said today that systemic problems are…
Refugee numbers in neighbouring countries steadily climbThe world risks failing the people of Syria as the scale…
Oxfam country director in Bangladesh, Gareth Price-Jones said:“The Savar tragedy is a reminder of the hidden cost…
The biggest chocolate maker in the world, Mondelēz International, has agreed to take steps to address inequality…
The injustice of land grabs is highlighted in a pioneering new crowdsourced film featuring thousands of Coldplay…
The aid community needs to fundamentally change the way it deals with food crises in the Sahel…
Some 1.3 million refugees have fled violence in Syria into neighbouring countries since the onset of conflict…
Following an overwhelming vote at the United Nations, Oxfam called on the Canadian government Tuesday to quickly…
Oxfam hails ruling for putting human rights before excessive profits.The Indian Supreme Court's ruling against a patent…
Call on Canada to vote for treaty at General Assembly and sign on without delayCampaigners expressed their…
After more than 60,000 people signed petitions and took action to urge chocolate companies to do the…
If the Arms Trade Treaty is to save lives, the draft text must be radically changed, Oxfam…
Canada's contribution to reducing poverty in developing countries will be undermined by the proposed merger of the…
In just six months, the number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration with the United…
Oxfam Canada is contributing $45,000 in emergency donations for relief in the region of Mozambique most severely…
Oxfam report cites loopholes which must be closed to save livesOxfam Canada urges the Canadian government to…
by Michèle Taïna Audette and Robert FoxMany women around the world live in daily fear of violence.…
On International Women’s Day Oxfam urges chocolate companies to address gender inequality in their supply chains.An investigation…
Delegates from over 190 governments meeting at the UN-led Commission on the Status of Women this week…
Aid money pledged must be quickly released to address urgent needs, says OxfamSyria’s humanitarian crisis is spinning…
Yes, the G8 still mattersThis year the G8 can begin the end of world hungerby Ben PhillipsOxfam…
The social and environmental policies of the world’s ten biggest food and beverage giants are not fit…
Investors are targeting the world's weakest-governed countries to buy land, according to new analysis published on Oxfam's…
Oxfam Canada stands in solidarity with Idle No More, and with all First Nations, Métis and Inuit…
The aid effort to help over 147,000 Malian refugees could be overwhelmed as conflict escalates, unless there…
International aid agency Oxfam is extremely concerned that the recent intensification of fighting in Mali, which includes…
Winifred (Winnie) Byanyima, a grass-roots activist, human rights advocate, senior international public servant, and world recognized expert…
Three years after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, hundreds of thousands of people…
Campaigning for Positive Changes for Indian Women in 2013Oxfam India strongly condemns the brutal sexual assault and…
(New York): A military offensive in northern Mali would have serious humanitarian consequences and requires serious safeguards…
Thank You for Oxfam Canada's success in 2012Thanks to thousands of Canadian donors and supporters and partners…
December 18, 2012—More than one million people are at risk of militia, rebel and army attacks as…
Statement by Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada Executive Director“Every day we see the tremendous courage and commitment of…
December 10, 2012—More than 86 percent of people living in the camps in the Delmas area of…
Doha, Qatar—Poor countries left the UN climate change negotiations in Doha with little more than they arrived…
DOHA, QATAR—Today, as the UN climate talks entered their final hours, six of the largest environmental and development…
25 November 2012 – After another year of extreme weather, developing countries face a looming climate ‘fiscal…
19 November 2012—Communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being preyed on mercilessly by rebel…
19 November 2012—As the impact of days of violent escalation worsens for civilians in Gaza and in…
Share ideas, hear those of others, and dialogue with some of the world’s best minds on how…
Oxfam is providing urgent humanitarian assistance to about 2,250 families in Guatemala after a major earthquake Nov.…
Oxfam geared up to help Haitians and Cubans in the wake of hurricane Sandy’s devastation in the…
Robert's first post, Tapping history to rebuild the future, shares his meeting with a group of women in…
A Canadian-supported program designed as a “silver bullet” to fight malaria could actually be endangering lives and…
On October 4, 2012, residents of Totonicapán, K’iche’ citizens of Guatemala, shut down the Inter-American Highway to…
Oct. 09, 2012—The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund must step up their support for developing…
Oxfam is urging the World Bank to freeze its land investments in developing countries and send a…
20 September 2012—Devastating floods in Niger, West Africa, are affecting more than 500,000 people, most of whose…
My English Channel Swim—By Mona SharariOn the day of the swim I arrived at the Dover Marina…
4 September 2012—New research shows that the full impact of climate change on future food prices is…
Millions of the world's poorest people will face devastation from today's rocketing food prices because the global…
August 7, 2012—The Humanitarian Coalition today welcomes the Government of Canada’s decision to match Canadian donations to…
New York—The fight to end the illegal and irresponsible arms trade goes on after delegates at the…
July 23 – As Canada seeks to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact, the US is…
July 22, 2012—In reaction to remarks today by new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the…
July 17, 2012—One year after famine was declared in Somalia, a quarter of the country’s population is…
A year has passed since Somalis fleeing famine and conflict captured the world’s attention and the largest…
One year after South Sudan’s independence on July 9, the young country is facing its worst humanitarian…
It is a year now since the world woke up to what has been called the worst…
New York—Political leaders have a historic opportunity to place human rights and humanitarian aims above self-interest and…
The HUMANITARIAN COALITION this week is marking the one-year anniversary of our appeal for the 2011 drought…
Ottawa—On the eve of United Nations negotiations, supporters of the Arms Trade Treaty urged Prime Minister Stephen…
June 21, 2012—Oxfam today welcomed the launch by the UN Secretary General of a global ‘Zero Hunger…
The G20 leading economies have sidelined development and food security at their summit in Los Cabos, international…
The Rio+20 Summit will fail if it agrees to current proposals, which risk worsening the divide between…
June 15, 2012—With the UN Rio+20 talks effectively at a stalemate, Oxfam today calls on the Brazilian…
June 14, 2012 —A European breakup could cost the world’s poorest countries $30 billion in lost trade and foreign…
Ottawa, ON (June 14, 2012)—The HUMANITARIAN COALITION, made up of five leading Canadian aid agencies, launches a…
On June 4, in solidarity with our allies in environmental and social movements, Oxfam Canada will participate…
That crisis is now real. More than 15 million people are vulnerable to hunger in seven countries:…
May 30, 2012 — Global sales of ammunition are worth more than $4 billion and are growing faster than…
May 18, 2012 — Oxfam warned that today’s announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase Food and…
May 16, 2012 – On the eve of the G8 Summit, Oxfam called on world leaders to…
Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict…
Rome, May 11, 2012 – A first essential step has been made, but there’s still a long…
More than $2.2bn worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 to countries operating under…
Around the world every night, one in eight people go to bed hungry — that’s almost one…
April 19, 2012 – Renewed military action against the Lord’s Resistance Army risks triggering further devastation for…
The international agency was responding to annual figures from the OECD that showed aid from rich countries…
April 2, 2012 – Growing insecurity in Mali and northern Nigeria is disrupting the supply of food…
March 29, 2012 – Oxfam concerned about foreign aid cuts.Oxfam had called on the federal government to…
March 26, 2012- Oxfam Canada urges the government to unfreeze foreign aid spending when it unveils the…
Food shortages may drive more than half a million children out of school in Niger as they…
March 9, 2012 – Some 13 million people are at severe risk from a food crisis which…
Female Food Heroes are women who are working to build a movement for good food – food…
February 22, 2012 – Oxfam today called on governments meeting at the London Somalia conference to shift…
Islamabad, Feb. 15, 2012 – Six months after floods devastated Sindh and parts of Balochistan province, at least…
Ending poverty need put no additional stress on the planet’s natural resources, according to a new report…
Not enough emergency aid reaches local response groups that undertake the bulk of the work in a…
The spectre of hunger is again stalking the people of the western Sahel, at the southern edge…
Jan. 23, 2012 – Oxfam has welcomed the announcement of an independent process to resolve complaints from…
“Just a coincidence that it’s Oscar day in Hollywood, but we’ve had our own moment in the…
Children shouldn’t have to starve to death to galvanize the international community into action. And yet that…
Strong economic growth since 1990 has failed to lift people out of poverty in almost every G20…
Thousands of needless deaths occurred and millions of extra dollars were spent because the international community failed…
Reconstruction of Haiti has proceeded “at a snail’s pace,” leaving more than half a million Haitians still…
Oxfam today warned that a disease outbreak is “waiting to happen” unless authorities quickly address the water…
Media AdvisoryFlash floods caused by Typhoon Washi have badly affected the southern island of Mindanao in the…
Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are…
In reaction to the announcement by Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent that the Canadian government is going…
Negotiators at the UN climate talks narrowly avoided a collapse, agreeing to the bare minimum deal possible.…
Oxfam Canada today urged the federal government to help ensure the Green Climate Fund, aimed at helping…
Oxfam Media Background BriefIntroductionThe Bonn Conference comes at a critical moment and it will last only one…
Toronto – Give friends and family the sweetest gifts this year by donating beehives to families in…
A plan by Kunal Patel of Calgary, Alberta to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with his father and brother…
Although Islamabad belatedly called for the world’s help on September 7, 2011 and the UN launched its…
Oxfam, WWF and the International Chamber of Shipping today called jointly for clear guidance on reducing greenhouse…
Oxfam Canada welcomes the announcement that Canada is joining the International Aid Transparency Initiative.“The decision to open…
Poor countries try to hold the lineGovernment negotiators meeting in Busan, South Korea are working on a…
Research compiled by Oxfam shows extreme weather events shocked global food markets over the past year, contributing…
Oxfam Canada is calling on the federal government to:put women at the heart of the new Green…
Afghan families hit by severe drought could be cut off by extreme winter weather within weeks, aid…
Close to 300 farmers, youth, activists and journalists, will travel in a convoy of buses through Burundi,…
Over nine million people who have been affected by severe flooding in Sindh province are at risk…
Oxfam welcomed the substantial commitments made Tuesday by governments to the Global Partnership for Education totaling $1.5…
Many initiatives swept off the table – but the strongest survive Cannes – What should have been a…
Cannes, France – As world leaders gather for the G20 summit in Cannes, France, four of the…
Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lampriere said: “Gates’ timely message is that there will be no lasting global economic…
Aid from rich nations is likely to fall by at least $9.5 billion by the end of…
The following article appeared in the Toronto Star on November 2, 2011:Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be opposed…
Oxfam Canada is appealing for donations to support relief work in Central America, where almost 2 million…
The 2011 G20 Summit could be a watershed for global stability and prosperity if leaders embrace innovative…
At last week’s meeting of the UN Committee on World Food Security, ccountries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe…
The new escalation in fighting and insecurity along the Kenya-Somalia border risks increasing the suffering for civilians…
‘Canada can and must do more’Ottawa – Oxfam Canada and Oxfam Quebec called Wednesday for “bold action”…
Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected so far.
'World Food Day message to Canadian and other G20 governments'Prime Minister Stephen Harper should join Canadians pressing…
Relief Supplies Running LowThe gains made and the lives saved through flood-relief activities in Pakistan are in…
The survey is part of our efforts to be a transparent, accountable organization.
A new Oxfam report, A Place at the Table: Safeguarding women’s rights in Afghanistan, ’warns of the…
Land and Power publicationCase Study slideshowOxfam profiles land grabs in Uganda, South Sudan, Indonesia, Honduras and GuatemalaOxfam…
The world must put people’s lives before politics if is to stand any chance of aiding people…
While more than seven million people have been affected by the floods in Sindh since they began…
Volunteers in Oxfam Canada’s stamp program raised an impressive $20,000 for Oxfam’s emergency response in East Africa…
International aid agency Oxfam is mounting an emergency response to get aid to millions affected by flooding…
Excerpt from: East Africa famine fund deadline nears by Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC NewsCanadians were urged Wednesday to…
Excerpt from: Singers lend their voices to Somalia aid call, Kirk Makin, Globe and MailSingers Bono and…
Oxfam's online film, Glen, Garry & Ross, comes weeks before the international agency launches, as part of…
The following article first appeared in Embassy, August 24, 2011 by Robert FoxThe scale and severity of the…
A version of this article appeared as an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen on August 25, 2011…
CBC's Brain Stewart goes behind the scenes with the Humanitarian Coalition.The Humanitarian Coalition is a network of…
Oxfam has airlifted 47 tonnes of vital water supply and hygiene materials to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu,…
Oxfam is airlifting 47 tonnes of vital water supply and hygiene materials to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, as…
(Ottawa) – Oxfam Canada will provide urgently needed water access, livestock protection, sanitation and emergency cash for…
News AdvisoryOxfam Canada’s Robert Fox will be travelling to Ethiopia and Kenya the week of August 14.…
Seven young Canadians who "want to live in a world where famine does not exist" have raised…
By Robert FoxExecutive Director, Oxfam CanadaThe following op-ed originally appeared in producer.com on August 4, 2011 The United…
Canada’s leading humanitarian organizations and members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION are working in East Africa and are…
A new interactive map published by Oxfam today shows how poor communities across the world are being…
Governments and donors must act with greater urgency in the face of a deteriorating crisis and rising…
Canada’s leading unions are giving generously to support the over 11 million people affected by the drought…
One year on from the worst flooding in its history, Pakistan is still not prepared for this…
Oxfam Canada applauds today’s announcement by International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda for $50 million to support the…
As of July 22nd, Oxfam is providing water to more than 20,000 refugees on the outskirts of…
"The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiralling prices. Some…
For Immediate ReleaseThe UN announcing famine in parts of Somalia, the first in the region in the…
Ottawa – Oxfam is calling on international donors and regional governments to urgently step up their response…
New York: Diplomats at the United Nations' talks on the future Arms Trade Treaty have made serious…
So far there is only one piece of relative good news to cling to in the giant…
by Peter Goodspeed, National PostIt has become the "worst humanitarian disaster in the world," said the United…
East Africa is facing the worst food crisis of the last 60 years. Across Ethiopia, Somalia and…
From mega-emergencies, such as the earthquake in Haiti or the floods in Pakistan, to headline-grabbing humanitarian crises,…
Ottawa, ON (July 6, 2011) – Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are…
Oxfam Canada today appealed for the public’s support to respond to a massive food crisis affecting more…
June 29, 2011 – OTTAWA, ON –Minimum standards for the protection, safety and dignity of people in…
The outcome of the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting in Paris today on the sudden rise in global…
Oxfam Canada today called on Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to show leadership at the G20 agriculture ministers’…
People around the world are changing what they eat because of the rising cost of food, according…
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that cereal prices are 69 percent higher than…
“Increasing hunger is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Oxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox. “Corporations…
“Does global poverty need to be the top hash tag to keep the G8’s attention?” said Emma…
“The crisis is far from over,” said Oxfam’s Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, Philippe Conraud. “There is an urgent…
Thousands of people are reported to have fled an escalation of fighting in the disputed Abyei region…
The HUMANITARIAN COALITION brings together leading Canadian humanitarian organizations to efficiently and effectively raise money in times of…
In their Deauville Accountability Report, the G8 has massaged the figures, claiming to have delivered almost US$49…
Coalition forces are not doing enough to prevent abuses by Afghan forces and have been too slow…
The situation in Ivory Coast and Liberia has descended into a huge humanitarian disaster which requires urgent…
“This crisis has been kept in the shadows for far too long. Only now is the world…
The figures, from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), demonstrate the G8’s failure to fulfill…
Southeast Asian climate activists wearing winter jackets, rain gear and beach wear to portray climate chaos that…
“People have fled violence and are now living with families in Liberia in remote jungle areas along…
On the freeze on aid spending, Oxfam Policy Coordinator Mark Fried said: “We shouldn’t be solving our…
After a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, more than 500,000 people are in emergency shelter, almost…
Oxfam is appealing for public donations for two local partner organizations, one that is assisting women and their…
A massive relief operation is now underway in Japan involving the government, the army and civil society.…
“The European Parliament set the world standard by pressing ahead on an EU-wide Robin Hood Tax," said…
A girl waits for aid to be distributed at a village in eastern Congo. In this war-ravaged…
"The FAO’s report on women and agriculture provides valuable hard data and analysis on the critical role…
The agency is gearing up its operations as the number of people escaping the West African country…
The Convention, which in its current form expires this year, holds major food aid donors – Canada,…
“We are delighted to see Colin’s talent and achievements being recognized and applauded by his peers in…
The Blueprint for UN Women outlines the role UN Women should play in the view of 100 civil…
The report High Stakes found that gains in girls’ education are slipping away as a result of…
“Finance ministers will define the G20’s development credentials this week. They could make or break Sarkozy’s pledges…
“Egypt’s revolution inspires us and reminds us of the incredible strength of the voice of ordinary people…
There is a bright spot in Canada’s eventual exit from the grinding stalemate of Afghanistan’s war. With…
"The number of women, men and children who are malnourished has reached alarming levels," said Robert Fox,…
“This announcement by the Food and Agriculture Organization should ring alarm bells in capitals around the world,"…
Canadians who have visited poor communities in developing countries are often struck by the easy availability of…
“Oxfam is alarmed to learn that recently released figures show that Sindh is in the grip of…
Somalia is suffering its worst drought in years and failed rains are already devastating half a million…
International prices of wheat, corn and other food products have increased over the last six months, while food…
“These fresh floods could not have occurred at a worse time. The situation is alarming as people…