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There is no greater responsibility than to ensure the safety and dignity of the people we serve.…
Gender inequality is the most serious and pervasive form of discrimination in the world. While this affects…
First published in the Toronto Star, February 20, 2018. When I joined Oxfam Canada as its executive…
Lucinda, Jine, Chipililo, Hendrina, Alice, and Sekechina pass the mechanical parts of the borehole back, hand to…
What is Oxfam, what do we do, and how do we do it? Here’s the information you…
“Do not get married if you are a child, because you do not yet understand about the…
Emily Kirby recounts her experience as an Oxfam Ambassador for the Stand As One campaign – a…
This summer, Coldplay invited Oxfam volunteers on their World Tour to encourage fans to get involved with…
If the world turned upside down and we replaced all the women with men, and all the…
The moral poverty of the America First idea lies in the false choice it presents: are you…
Each year the rich and powerful descend upon Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum – and…
Oxfam’s new inequality report, which found that just 8 men own the same wealth as half the…
Written by Kelly Bowden, Manager of Campaigns at Oxfam CanadaI sent an email to Google earlier this…
On Monday June 20, 2016, we marked World Refugee Day, standing with refugees around the world, from…
We know that clean water saves lives, but in order to access it, people need to be…
What is Equal Pay Day all about anyway?On April 19th 2016, The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition marks…
Oxfam made headlines this week with our stats on wealth inequality, particularly the finding that the 62…
On October 19th, 2015, Canadians told the world they were ready for something different. Prime Minister Justin…
By Julie Lafrenière, Women’s Rights Specialist at Oxfam Canada. In South Sudan, domestic violence is widespread and…
Written by Julie DelahantyExecutive Director, Oxfam CanadaEarly reviews of last night’s Munk Debate on foreign policy have…
Written by Kelly Bowden National Campaigns Manager, Oxfam Canada That’s why Oxfam teamed up with the Up…
Written by Julie DelahantyExecutive Director, Oxfam CanadaElection season is heating up. The leaders debate on economic policy…
Written by Julie LafrenièreWomen’s Rights Knowledge SpecialistOn September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was an important event…
Written by Kelly Bowden, National Campaign ManagerIf you ask political parties or the media, this election is…
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased throughout…
The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development Conference…
Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came together…
“We feel like leaders”, “I am no longer the same”, “We are together now”, “we know we…
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen for…
I was born and raised in Congo (D. R) until my family immigrated to Winnipeg.Three years ago,…
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit? by Winnie Byanyima As the World Economic Forum…
By Winnie Byanyima This year, global leadership will be tested like never before. Significant progress has been…
Blog by Christine McCartney, Oxfam Ireland Inequality is rising – to the detriment of us all. You…
It’s 4am. You get up like any other morning with your young baby. Except today is different.…
Food. It’s one of life’s great pleasures. We think about it all the time. Most of us…
Next week Oxfam meets with the leaders of the top ten food and beverage companies, just 24…
by Martin ButcherAround 1,500 people a day are killed in conflicts and armed violence across the globe,…
Kellogg has announced it is stepping up to address climate change in a very big way. It…
by Jasmine Lum Over the past school year, Oxfam Canada clubs on university and college campuses across Canada…
An inside look at the food giant’s bold new commitments on land rights. Monique van Zijl is…
by Simon Starling It was boiling hot last Friday afternoon when I heard the news. I was…
by Winnie Byanyima It could be the opportunity of a generation. The world can be proud of…
by Àngela Corbalán Palm oil is everywhere, in food and everyday items you don’t even realize. It’s…
Everyone’s got a right to Pride! Oxfam supporters, partners and staff from around the world celebrated our…
by Winnie Byanyima Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the…
by Emily Brown, Oxfam Great Britain Yesterday I shared with you a new animation on women’s political…
by Emily Brown, Oxfam Great Britain Have you ever felt like no one is listening to you?…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Recently, a friend of mine almost got into trouble with the US…
by Melanie Gallant A couple of months ago I biked 350 kilometres under the Cuban sun, cutting…
by Winnie Byanyima I have joined global decision makers in Maputo this week for the IMF and…
by Al KinleyFeeding people doesn’t have to mean feeding climate changeNo company is too big to listen…
by Winnie Byanyima After the world was plunged into a financial crisis, back in 2009, G20 leaders…
by Françoise Venni This year the World Economic Forum (or WEF) for the Latin America region was…
by Emma Seery Today we are launching a new report, ‘Working for the Many: Public Services Fight…
The IPCC has presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and what…
Virginia’s story “I see the climate is changing a lot,” says Virginia Ñuñonca, a farmer and community…
by Duncan Green When I get into my car in London, I step into a system designed…
When enough of us speak out, companies listen. Today PepsiCo proved this.After nearly 6 months of campaigning,…
Photo: (l-r) Nicole Kieley, Oxfam Canada board member; Debbie Forward, President of the Newfoundland & Labrador Nurses'…
Popular British graffiti artist Banksy has shown his support for the #WithSyria campaign by reworking his iconic…
When customers speak, businesses listen. It’s an old adage in business that Oxfam and its supporters tested…
It’s not only Diana Ross who is left singing “upside down you’re turning me…” In the last…
by Winnie Byanyima International agreement on the need to take action against rising and damaging economic inequality…
by Eric Hazard Over 810,000 people are in need of immediate food aid in northern Mali as…
by Simon Starling On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle the injustice of…
by Nick Galasso, Oxfam America research and policy advisor It’s time they pay their taxes, stop…
by Lina HolguinToday, mining companies and civil society organizations came together to ask the Government of Canada…
Statement by Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada Executive Director In South Africa, every six hours a woman is…
by Meyer BrownstoneMy first and most memorable encounter with Nelson Mandela coincided with a moment marking one…
By Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, and Raymond Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America Jobs, innovation,…
A month ago, Oxfam launched the second action of our Behind the Brands campaign asking three of…
Explaining the links that connect the sugar in your Coke or Pepsi to the global scandal of…
Yesterday was World Food Day. It was also an exciting day for the Behind the Brands campaign,…
People around the world rely on land, literally, for their bread and butter. Land grabs, however, are…
How hard do you think it is for a company to say “We don’t tolerate human rights…
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods (ABF) have had varied reactions to Oxfam’s new report, Sugar Rush,…
As global demand for sugar increases, so does the rush for land to grow it. Oxfam has…
The results are in Over 120,000 people taking action. The world’s ten biggest food and beverage companies.…
This week has been action-packed for Oxfam Canada! In addition to preparing the ground work for this…
by Caroline Hooper-Box The G20 – or group of 20 – meets every year to discuss key…
by Rachel George What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks,…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam AmericaLook closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those lampposts? In…
By Erinch Sahan and Will Martindale, Oxfam Policy Advisors. Erinch Sahan is a private sector policy adviser…
We’re already seeing companies committing to do business better. That’s because of you – but there’s more…
by Johan Verburg Burning forests and land in Indonesia is an annual phenomenon, but this year fires have…
by Winnie Byanyima I feel very privileged to have joined Oxfam International just as we adopt our…
by Victoria Marzilli Two months. That is all it took for chocolate lovers and social justice…
by Adam Musgrave, Oxfam International I sat in Enniskillen Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon, having just…
Shocking new statistics released by Oxfam have shown that governments are letting people hide at least…
by Irit TamirWhile gender equality is enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, in the…
by Shawna WakefieldOn mother’s day, instead of valorizing moms with well-intended, but often artificial appreciation for the…
by Melissa Ekdom-DelormeSaturday evening I spent reconfiguring my toilet to a 4L flush and filling small bottles…
Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million…
The tragic collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has put a spotlight on the poor…
by Karen A. MurraySo, I just got back from a week of walking through the Sahara Desert. …
With your help, Oxfam has been campaigning since September on land grabs, as part of our…
It’s been a busy few months for Oxfam campaigners, and it’s all been leading up to…
by Jo Whitaker Meet Patricia. She’s a mother of six from a small town called Casiguran…
April 2013 – Adapting to life in Jordan’s sprawling desert refugee camp, Za’atari, is hard for all…
by Hannah Stoddart At the beginning of its Land and Poverty Conference this week, the World Bank Group…
A short distance from Zaatari, a sprawling camp for Syrian refugees, lies a road full of small…
In the once tranquil Casiguran municipality of the Philippines, a powerful local political dynasty has started…
Small-scale women farmers are the backbone of Africa’s food system, but, as corporations buy up huge swathes…
A new UN report released today on Women’s Rights and the Right to Food puts the…
The Behind The Brands campaign launch kicked off with a call for Mars, Mondelez International and…
There’s been a great response to the Behind the Brands launch. Consumers clearly care about the…
What do Toblerone and Tropicana have in common? The same as Coca-Cola, Cheerios and Cadbury’s and…
Originally published on Oxfam's Southern Africa BlogOn February 14th, people around the world will be rising up…
What do the Pantheon, Parliament Buildings, CN Tower, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial have in…
Signal Hill in St. John’s. Parliament in Ottawa. The CN Tower in Toronto. SOLD! Can you imagine…
First question: How does Oxfam take the potential for gender-based violence into account when planning cash…
Well-known activist filmmaker and television journalist, Avi Lewis, was in Saskatoon on January 29th to help launch…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America How much food does your household go through in a week?…
Oxfam and 100 allies in the United Kingdom have launched a new campaign targeting the G8 summit…
This post was written by Mark Fried, Policy Coordinator at Oxfam CanadaWeek one of the global online…
“Oxfam warns of spiraling land grabs in developing countries.”“Land acquired over past decade could have produced food…
The voices of Oxfam supporters in more than 40 countries were heard during GROW Week, October 15-19.…
Community gardens are GROWing across Canada. More and more Canadians, from students to seniors, are participating in…
On Monday, along with a group of young, motivated campaign volunteers, I went to Parliament Hill to…
I’m thrilled with the reaction to the launch of our campaign to stop land grabs. It has…
This post was written by Selina Shelley on Oxfam GROW Week 2012 blog.Ideologically the Jan Satyagraha 2012…
The scramble for land in developing countries is accelerating as investors look for new places to grow…
Europe’s thirst for biofuels spells hunger for millions, as food prices shoot up. Land used to power…
Soap, a water container, a mosquito net, and a cooking pan were among the objects on display…
This post was written by Bill Hynd, Outreach Officer at Oxfam Canada Your food choices can make…
This post was written by Jeremy Nemanishen, Co-chair of Oxfam BC/Yukon Steering CommitteeThe UN's special rapporteur for the…
This post was written by Jesse Firempong, Policy and Outreach Intern, Oxfam CanadaIf UN Special Rapporteur Olivier…
This post was originally published on Canadian Living on May 9, 2012 Between choices of flowers…
This blog was published by Rachel Edwards on 05 April 2012 on Oxfam On Tour.As I write,…
The last year’s events have demonstrated the immense power that grassroots organizing, social media, and collective power…
Janet Rhymes and Jesse Firempong Oxfam Canada, Maritimes More than 220 bleary-eyed Maritimers woke up extra early…
Blair Redlin For many people around the globe, February 14 is a day to invest time and…
by Tim Gore This blog posting orginally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org In the early hours of Sunday…
by Ian Sullivan This blog posting originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org Negotiators at the UN climate talks…
by Ian Sullivan This blog posting originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org The climate negotiations in Durban are…
by Conor Costello This blog post originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org Saturday, December 3rd was not a normal…
by Ian Sullivan This blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org So the first week of #COP17, Durban Climate…
Putting food on the table can be a challenge for many people and families around the…
by Angélique Kidjo The following blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org There is an old African riddle…
by Ian SullivanThis blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.orgRecently we bought you news about the Trans-African Caravan of…
In the true spirit of holiday giving, the Oxfam Ontario Regional Steering Committee (ORSC) will spend the…
by Lauren Ravon The first of a series of Big Food Conversations organized by Oxfam Canada…
by Tim Gore This blog originally appeared at: blogs.oxfam.org It’s now two years since the frantic…
By Robert FoxWhat was to be a showcase announcement on gender equality at the High Level Forum…
The following article originally appeared in the Toronto Starby Mark FriedEnvironment Minister Peter Kent may relish another…
Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, reports from the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, taking…
The United Nations have unpacked the bunting and draped the decorations around Durban, South Africa, for…
by Alun McDonald Originally published by Oxfam International on November 9, 2011 The Trans African…
The following blog was originally posted by Oxfam Ireland. Oxfam GROW campaigner, Josephine Whitaker, has written a…
The G20 summit is over. Furious final negotiations occupied Friday morning, with journalists peddling rumours and…
If the measures championed by Oxfam, some other international organizations and some individual countries had been…
Mark Fried, Oxfam Canada's policy coordinator, reports from the G20 summit in France.Today was to be the…
Check out Oxfam’s news release today for an infuriating story. We added up the cuts to aid…
By now the pictures are all over the world. What is more de rigeur for the…
On Monday I was demonstrating in the streets of Nice. The demo was large by Canadian standards,…
At the launch of the GROW campaign, Oxfam Canada’s campus clubs were eager to spread the…
I want to thank everyone who joined us in celebrating GROW week. You have made it…
A World Food Day conference at the University of British Columbia featured a fabulous array of…
The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is holding its 37th annual session in Rome this…
On Sunday, October 16th World Food Day, community members gathered at the Saskatoon Farmers market to…
We didn’t know how people would respond. It was a challenge, after all, and not everyone…
Rarely do world leaders set their sights on issues that really count for people living in…
Oxfam Canada’s Program Development Department had its semi-annual team meeting last week. As for any work…
I have the coolest job. This week, I got to attend the McGill Conference on Food…
by Hunter Moyes If I had chosen to pursue an academic distinction, political or environmental science…
Last week, I committed to taking our World Food Challenge, as part of GROW Week (October…
Unlike Oliver Twist, most of us live fortunate lives because food, glorious food is everywhere. Hey,…
Rural women have been struggling for access to land in Nicaragua for decades. Last year, the National…
A little over a year ago and a half ago, I worked closely with dozens of other…
The prime minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, was the first world leader to sign the new Charter…
by Jennifer Brammer Oxfam Canada volunteers in PEI recently helped to raise money for our East Africa…
by Jo Salilba de Chery Susan Tomovcik has convinced her community to dig deep. Deep enough…
Before arriving in Ethiopia last week, I knew of the country’s reputation, as one of Africa’s…
By Jo Salilba de Chery When we arrived at The Old Spaghetti Factory for its 40th Anniversary…
by Robert Fox The first families moved into Ifo II yesterday. Finally. For the families, this…
by Robert Fox There is no famine in Ethiopia but there are growing numbers of hungry…
by Robert Fox Flying low over Ethiopia, I am reminded how beautiful a country it is:…
by Robert Fox Sitting in a crowded tent, sheltered from the midday sun, in a camp…
by Jolene Cushman When you start talking to people about food, they always have lots to…
In the past few years, stories in the media about rising or fluctuating food prices have consistently…
As many as 12 million people in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia stand at the epicentre of the…
Leaving Addis Ababa and traveling south I could feel the weight of the urban giant recede as…
Introductions and first impressions are now a thing of the past, whether I like it or…
On the third day of the 2011 Women’s Worlds conference, the opening panel was welcomed by…
At a news conference last week, I told reporters about choosing where to place latrines so that…
$1 for a kilo of beautiful avocados. $1.60 for a litre of 2% milk. A cabbage or…
Vaccines were in the news this week after donors pledged a whopping US$4.3 billion over five years…
Food is a centre piece of our lives, and we’re involved with it on so many levels…
From 12:00-1:00 PM on June 1st, Oxfam volunteers turned downtown Saskatoon into a hub of learning, engaging…
On June 1, 2011 we kicked off the national GROW campaign launch by staging eye catching photo…
Only a few hours after our campaign report was released, a major biofuels lobby group put out…
At Oxfam, we aren’t shy about speaking out. But we are very careful to back up what…
By Lauren Ravon Policy Advisor Oxfam Canada has decided to put women front and center in its…
by Michelle Gentile Donor Stewardship Officer There are so many actions that we, as Canadians, can take…
By Robert Fox Executive Director As I was strolling through the Ottawa farmers’ market, filling my basket…