Blogs & Stories
Leader or Laggard? Canada is at the Crossroads of Corporate Accountability
- Advocacy in Canada
Op-ed: Why the government should adopt legislation to ensure Canadian companies respect human rights and the environment abroad.
by Lauren Ravon and Marty Warren | June 30, 2022
What Does It Mean to Live in a Post-Roe v. Wade World?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion, we must keep advancing, supporting and protecting reproductive rights in Canada and across the world.
by Lara Cousins | June 27, 2022
Do you know where your clothes come from? Learn how 5 of your favourite companies stack up
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women’s Economic Justice
Do you know where your clothes come from? Learn how Aritzia, Herschel Supply Co., Joe Fresh, lululemon and Roots stack up in terms of supply chain transparency.
by Nirvana Mujtaba and Dana Stefov | June 7, 2022
Queer Joy: What Is It? Why We Need More of It?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Oxfam celebrates June 2022, Pride Month, to express gratitude to our LGBTQI+ partner organizations and activists for contributing to social progress, human rights and equality.
by Oxfam | June 2, 2022
Feminism and the rise of white supremacy in Canada
- Advocacy in Canada
The threat of the far-right extremism is growing in Canada. Ideas and rhetoric that were once seen as the outliers of society have been normalized through a series of events…
by Erica Ifill | May 17, 2022
Oxfam Canada’s 2022 Federal Budget Analysis
- Advocacy in Canada
Oxfam Canada's analysis of this year’s federal budget reveals it falls short of delivering a strong feminist economic recovery.
by Oxfam Canada | April 14, 2022
Growing as a Feminist, Anti-Racist and Inclusive Organization
- Advocacy in Canada
Over the past year, Oxfam has undertaken the following actions in support of becoming a more actively anti-racist and feminist organization.
by Oxfam Canada | April 8, 2022
Inequality Kills
- Advocacy in Canada
A new billionaire is created every 26 hours. One thing we know for sure is that inequality makes everything — from humanitarian crises to the impacts of climate change —…
by Oxfam | January 23, 2022
Six Ways Oxfam Goes Beyond Charity to End Inequality, Poverty and Injustice
- Advocacy in Canada
At Oxfam, we don't just do charity. We root our actions in community, advocacy and justice.
by Oxfam Canada | December 27, 2021
Look What Our Advocacy Achieved in 2021!
- Advocacy in Canada
In 2021, Oxfam Canada continued to speak truth to power, fight to close the gap between the rich and the rest, and make real progress on women’s rights and gender…
by Oxfam Canada | December 21, 2021
Holiday Unwrapped: Gifts that Do Good
- Advocacy in Canada
For these holidays, give a meaningful gift that tackles poverty's root causes and advances women's rights.
by Oxfam Canada | December 15, 2021
Omicron, the variant we all saw coming
- Advocacy in Canada
A new heavily mutated COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is causing global alarm − triggering travel bans and putting scientists on alert. This latest variant is now radically different from the original…
by Brittany Lambert | Oxfam Canada | November 30, 2021
Statement of solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation land defenders
- Advocacy in Canada
Oxfam expresses our solidarity with the First Nations peoples of the unceded, unsurrendered Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan territories, who are standing up for their rights and sovereignty in the face of…
by Oxfam Canada | November 24, 2021
Find out where these 5 fashion brands stand on living wages
- Advocacy in Canada
Find out more about how our brand tracker scores these five Canadian companies on their commitment to a living wage.
by Kelly Bowden & Nirvana Mujtaba | November 23, 2021
Alberta’s Oil Cleanup Program: A Cautionary Tale for Investors and Regulators
- Advocacy in Canada
- Climate Change
If done well, oil and gas cleanup programs are not only environmental necessities but represent important economic and social opportunities and minimize investment risks.
by Sharmeen Contractor and Mike Toulch | November 9, 2021
How to Get Canadian MPs to Act on COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility
- Advocacy in Canada
As restrictions ease in various provinces across the country, the idea of “returning to normal” remains far out of sight for the poorest people on the planet.
by Oxfam Canada | November 9, 2021
Delivering on the Promise of Climate Finance
- Advocacy in Canada
- Climate Change
Canada and other wealthy countries made a commitment to deliver $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries adapt to climate change and reduce emissions. This is where…
by Anya Knechtel | October 20, 2021
Oxfam Canada's commitment to anti-racism and equity
- Advocacy in Canada
Over the past year, Oxfam Canada has strengthened our commitments to advance anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion.
by Oxfam Canada | September 24, 2021
Meet the recipients of our community-based SRHR funding initiative
- Advocacy in Canada
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Announcing the funding recipients for the Her Future, Her Choice Financial Support for Community-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Initiative.
by Amanda Gomm | July 21, 2021
Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on Solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc People
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
This open letter to Ministers Carolyn Bennett and Marc Miller expresses solidarity with Indigenous people in Canada in the face of ongoing genocide.
by A coalition of gender justice organizations | June 9, 2021
A personal stake in participation: Learning to mobilize for change at home and globally
- Advocacy in Canada
Meet Miriam Palacios and Amar Nijhawan. Two different generations who share a love for social justice.
by Oxfam Canada | May 3, 2021
Remembering the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women’s Economic Justice
Building a safer, fairer and sustainable recovery for garment sector workers.
by Nirvana Mujtaba | April 27, 2021
While Central America is responsible for only 0.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, families living in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador are heavily affected by the deepening…
by Anya Knechtel | April 20, 2021
Open Letter to Deputy Minister Freeland on Climate Finance
- Advocacy in Canada
Budget 2021 is an opportunity for Canada, in the spirit of global cooperation, to deliver its fair and responsible share of international climate financing ahead of COP26.
by Canadian Coalition for Climate Change and Development | April 9, 2021
From burden to benefit: Reframing the conversation on care
- Advocacy in Canada
Reframing care as a social good, offers us a powerful tool in the struggle to get unpaid care work valued. Let’s make our words count.
by Amber Parkes | April 6, 2021
After 10 years of war in Syria, families now endure economic crisis
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Feminist Aid
Oxfam continues its work to assist families surviving a decade of war in Syria, but every day in Syria is a struggle to survive.
by Dania Kareh | March 15, 2021
Open Letter to PM Trudeau on TRIPS Waiver
- Advocacy in Canada
In this open letter, we call on Prime Minister Trudeau and the Canadian government as a key ally in expanding fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for the most…
by Oxfam Canada | March 9, 2021
International Women's Day - women lifting each other up
- Advocacy in Canada
International Women’s Day is a time when we stand up and stand together for women’s rights around the world.
by Oxfam Canada | March 8, 2021
Testimony to the Parliamentary Health Committee: People's Vaccine Alliance
- Advocacy in Canada
Oxfam Canada Executive Director Lauren Ravon's testifies before the Parliamentary Health Committee on behalf of the People’s Vaccine Alliance, which calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be made available for all…
by Lauren Ravon | March 8, 2021
Melissa Taylor: Misogynoir and the need for 365 days of Black History
- Advocacy in Canada
“Often as humans, when we feel uncomfortable and we don’t know how to place an experience, our stress response can come out of line. That may look like fight, flight…
by Oxfam Canada | February 19, 2021
Over the past year, Oxfam has undertaken the following actions in support of becoming a more actively anti-racist organization.
by Oxfam Canada | February 17, 2021
Larissa Crawford: Racial justice is climate justice
- Advocacy in Canada
” Tackling racism requires us to tackle climate change. The root causes are one in the same.“ When Larissa founded Future Ancestors, she knew she wanted to do things differently. Published Indigenous…
by Oxfam Canada | February 12, 2021
Racism and inequality is the first crisis
- Advocacy in Canada
When a public health crisis like COVID-19 makes the lives of Black and Brown communities even bleaker, it means that racism and inequality is the first crisis in Canada.
by Siham Rayale | February 8, 2021
Paige Galette: Confronting racism from the workplace to the campground
- Advocacy in Canada
Whitehorse, Yukon labour activist and Northern Voices co-creator Paige Galette talks about her fight against racism and oppression.
by Caroline Leal | Oxfam Canada | February 5, 2021
What is a people's vaccine?
- Advocacy in Canada
Vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are becoming available – but who will get one, and how much will we pay for it? Here are five things we need to do…
by Oxfam Canada | January 14, 2021
Four ways we’ve been battling COVID-19
- Advocacy in Canada
Here’s what Oxfam is doing to help people survive COVID-19 and its economic impact.
by Oxfam Canada | January 6, 2021
Paris +5: COVID-19 is a wake-up call on the need for gender-responsive climate action
- Advocacy in Canada
This week marks the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, a landmark agreement by 196 countries to take action on climate change.
by Anya Knechtel | Oxfam Canada | December 10, 2020
Open Letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Freeland on COVID-19
- Advocacy in Canada
Centering the voices of women in all of their diversity will ensure Canada's COVID-19 action plan uplifts the most marginalized.
by Oxfam Canada | November 18, 2020
Giving back girls their childhood: It's time to end child marriage
- Advocacy in Canada
Girls are largely invisible in Philippine legislation and policy, a new bill that will make child marriage illegal is hoping to change that.
by Paula Baker | October 29, 2020
Together, we fight inequality
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Feminist Aid
While many communities and countries are still firefighting the COVID-19 crisis, several governments, including here in Canada, have begun outlining their blueprints for our social and economic recovery.
by Kate Higgins | September 24, 2020
Open Letter to Chrystia Freeland on the Budget
- Advocacy in Canada
Oxfam Canada, together with 55 women’s rights and feminist organizations, sent a letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland requesting a roundtable on priorities for the next budget.
by Oxfam Canada | September 22, 2020
Open letter to Justin Trudeau on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
- Advocacy in Canada
In this open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Oxfam and 39 civil society organizations express their opposition to arms export permits to Saudi Arabia.
by Oxfam Canada | September 17, 2020
The invisible pandemic that’s been years in the making
- Advocacy in Canada
COVID-19 has prompted global leaders to sound the alarm about the horrifying worldwide rise in violence against women and children during lockdown.
by Mayssam Zaaroura & Farwah Qasim | May 12, 2020
Coronavirus and the case for care: Envisioning a just, feminist future
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women’s Economic Justice
While many sectors have been scaled down or put on hold, we cannot similarly press ‘pause’ on the life-sustaining carework that is currently holding up our households, communities, care homes…
by Amber Parkes, Anam Parvez & Dana Stefov | May 7, 2020
What keeps me up at night: COVID-19, abortion and protecting women’s rights
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
Sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortion, are essential, life-saving care, which does not change in times of crisis.
by Lara Cousins | April 28, 2020
Economy & COVID-19: twin train wrecks for the women who make our clothes
- Advocacy in Canada
While we are in the midst of the most significant global public health crisis of our lifetime, the veil is being lifted on an economic system that rewards the wealthy…
by Dana Stefov | Oxfam Canada | April 24, 2020
Cancel the debt so doctors and nurses can keep saving lives
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
This open letter is a call for urgent action from doctors and nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Oxfam Canada | April 14, 2020
Investing in women’s entrepreneurship is not enough
- Advocacy in Canada
So you want to invest in women and girls. You want to improve lives and tackle deep-seated problems. But will you be tokenistic or transformational?
by Caroline Ashley, Dr. Miranda Morgan, Thalia Kidder & Fabian Llinares | April 8, 2020
Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic extends beyond our borders and requires a feminist response
- Advocacy in Canada
How governments and communities respond to the coronavirus today have the potential to shape our society for years, and potentially generations, to come.
by Diana Sarosi | Oxfam Canada | April 3, 2020
Weathering the Storm of COVID-19
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Feminist Aid
Existing inequalities mean the most marginalized people around the world are at the greatest risk with COVID-19.
by Lauren Ravon, Oxfam Canada | March 20, 2020
Cyclone Idai one year on: A stark reminder of climate change’s impact on women
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
When Cyclone Idai swept across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe on March 14, 2019, it was deemed one of the worst cyclones ever to hit Africa, killing over a thousand people…
by Kate Higgins | March 13, 2020
How everyday items celebrate solidarity and our shared humanity
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
In November 2019, Oxfam Canada travelled to five Canadian cities to help present our award-winning exhibit Museum Without a Home.
by Brittany Lambert | January 9, 2020
Climate change driving drought crisis in Horn of Africa
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
People in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, like many others in Kenya and Somalia, are now enduring near-constant severe drought. Despite bearing no responsibility for the factors driving climate change,…
by Chris Hufstader | December 20, 2019
5 things Canada’s next government should do to curb corporate abuses of human rights
- Advocacy in Canada
Canada desperately needs to update its approach on corporate accountability. The SNC-Lavalin affair that rocked the Canadian government earlier this year provided a stark picture of how corporate influence operates…
by Ian Thomson | October 16, 2019
Women, peace and security: Ending the Saudi arms deal
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Canada’s bold commitments to Women, Peace and Security hold tremendous potential. But this potential will go unrealized if Canada simultaneously fuels wars that harm women.
by Brittany Lambert & Christine Martin | October 2, 2019
Bitter roots and reproductive rights: Access to abortion services in Canada and the Philippines
- Advocacy in Canada
Around the world, sexual and reproductive health services fall short of women’s needs.
by Alex Wilson | Oxfam Canada | September 28, 2019
Canada joins the Arms Trade Treaty while still selling arms to Saudi Arabia
- Advocacy in Canada
Following decades of advocacy, Canada has finally joined the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The multilateral treaty aims to regulate international weapons sales in order to reduce suffering caused by illegal…
by Christine Martin & Sawsan Al-Refaei | September 18, 2019
Our bodies as a site of power
- Advocacy in Canada
An Oxfam in the Philippines SRHR project officer talks about the need to remove the veil of stigma and shame when it comes to viewing our bodies and sexuality.
by Rina Fulo | Oxfam in the Philippines | September 12, 2019
71 million people displaced in 2018 due to conflict: 'We did not choose to become refugees'
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Violence Against Women and Girls
After an alarming UN report saying a record-breaking 71 million people have been displaced by war in 2018, Susan Grace Duku, founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid in Uganda,…
by Susan Grace Duku | Founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid | June 20, 2019
Oxfam’s commitment to learning, accountability and change
- Advocacy in Canada
As a feminist and women’s rights advocate, I have been working with my Oxfam colleagues here in Canada and around the world to ensure that we are both reflective and…
by Julie Delahanty | June 12, 2019
A tribute to feminist fathers
- Advocacy in Canada
In a time when women's rights are increasingly under threat, I find hope in reflecting on the examples of feminist fathers working to stand in solidarity with women and build…
by Elly Adeland | June 11, 2019
Reflections and important announcements from Women Deliver Vancouver 2019
- Advocacy in Canada
More than 8,000 women’s rights advocates descended on Vancouver in June 2019 to attend Women Deliver, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of…
by Lauren Ravon | June 11, 2019
7 things to know about Yemen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
As the world’s largest humanitarian disaster - 80 per cent of Yemen’s population need humanitarian assistance and protection. Here are seven things you should know about Yemen and Oxfam’s response…
by Christine Martin | June 10, 2019
A tribute to Glen Brown, leading AIDS activist and progressive social justice advocate
- Advocacy in Canada
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Glen Brown was a tireless social justice activist, a central figure in a central figure in HIV/AIDS advocacy in Canada and a key member of AIDS Action Now. He accomplished…
by Rowena Griffiths | June 9, 2019
Let’s end period poverty. For good.
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
How do you talk about your period? Sure, menstruation may not be a common topic amongst friends on a Friday night but when it does crop up — do you…
by Paula Baker | May 28, 2019
Changing the story for young women in South Sudan
- Advocacy in Canada
Tackling gender inequality and gender-based violence should be top priorities in places like South Sudan, but these issues are often seen as less urgent than “life-saving priorities” like food, shelter…
by Brittany Lambert, Oxfam Canada | May 16, 2019
Paying Tribute to Meyer Brownstone
- Advocacy in Canada
Paying tribute to Meyer Brownstone, Chair Emeritus of Oxfam Canada.
by Julie Delahanty | April 5, 2019
Advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights, every day
- Advocacy in Canada
In the Philippines, deeply rooted social norms make it difficult for women and girls to take control of their sexual health. Daryl Leyesa, a women's rights activist leading Oxfam Canada's Sexual…
by Caroline Leal | March 4, 2019
Canada and sustained leadership on global SRHR
- Advocacy in Canada
Canada’s support for women and girls to exercise their rights to bodily autonomy, make choices about their own reproductive health and be treated with dignity and respect is driving economic,…
by Sandeep Prasad & Julie Delahanty | February 4, 2019
Global sexual and reproductive health and rights leaders call for continued Canadian leadership
- Advocacy in Canada
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
In an era divided between hostility and progress towards realizing women’s rights – and all people’s inalienable rights – Canada can’t afford to back away from the sexual and reproductive…
by Oxfam Canada | January 31, 2019
Protecting the people we serve
- Advocacy in Canada
- Violence Against Women and Girls
There is no greater responsibility than to ensure the safety and dignity of the people we serve. The critical mistakes that were made in Haiti in 2011 have pushed us…
by Julie Delahanty | November 15, 2018
Mining 101: How Canada's huge extractive sector fits into the struggle for gender justice
- Advocacy in Canada
As Oxfam works to end women’s economic inequality, transforming the mining, oil and gas industries is an enormous challenge – and also a big opportunity.
by Oxfam Canada | September 12, 2018
Climate change brings chaos to impoverished region of India
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Climate change has affected the normally predictable seasons in this impoverished region of India. The monsoons last longer, are larger and, in 2017, were accompanied by Cyclone Mora.
by Paula Baker | June 29, 2018
Why economic inequality is a feminist issue
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International. These are restless, exciting, and frightening times to be a woman. Every day brings with it a rousing success or a crushing…
by Oxfam Canada | June 6, 2018
Women’s rights: Changing laws, changing minds
- Advocacy in Canada
Gender inequality is the most serious and pervasive form of discrimination in the world. But with new laws and social movements, change is possible.
by Oxfam Canada | March 8, 2018
The 'boys in shorts' era in the aid sector has come to an end
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
First published in the Toronto Star, February 20, 2018. When I joined Oxfam Canada as its executive director in 2014, it felt like I had landed the greatest job in…
by oxfamcanada | February 22, 2018
Clean Water Changes Everything
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
Lucinda, Jine, Chipililo, Hendrina, Alice, and Sekechina pass the mechanical parts of the borehole back, hand to hand. They are showing me how to dismantle and repair the newly restored…
by Luna Allison | February 8, 2018
Top 10 things you need to know about Oxfam
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
What is Oxfam, what do we do, and how do we do it? Here’s the information you need to answer those questions! 1: Oxfam is a global movement of people…
by Oxfam | January 18, 2018
How can we work towards ending gender-based violence?
- Advocacy in Canada
Following the Harvey Weinstein allegations, I kept hearing the same refrain as more women added their voices to #MeToo and shared stories of sexual violence: how did I let that…
by Mayssam Zaaroura | October 27, 2017
The Girl Child is Resilient, Strong and Unstoppable
- Advocacy in Canada
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
“Do not get married if you are a child, because you do not yet understand about the household. “ These are the words of Putri (15) who, married at 13,…
by Sara Thaw | October 11, 2017
Why We All Need to Stand As One with Refugees
- Advocacy in Canada
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Emily Kirby recounts her experience as an Oxfam Ambassador for the Stand As One campaign – a global movement of Coldplay fans standing in solidarity with refugees and displaced people.…
by Luna Allison | September 28, 2017
Stand Together with Oxfam & Coldplay
- Advocacy in Canada
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Women's Transformative Leadership
This summer, Coldplay invited Oxfam volunteers on their World Tour to encourage fans to get involved with the STAND AS ONE campaign. Right now, more than 65 million people have been forced…
by Sara Thaw | August 23, 2017
A human economy for women and men
- Advocacy in Canada
Understanding gender is about seeing the economy as a gendered structure, containing norms and assumptions about roles, responsibilities and behaviours.
by Oxfam Canada | July 24, 2017
Getting laws on paper is one critical step in global efforts to address violence against women and girls, but we must also continue in our struggle to get governments to…
by Christine Hughes | March 4, 2017
America First: False Choice, False Promise
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
The moral poverty of the America First idea lies in the false choice it presents: are you a part of the American family or the human family? We shouldn’t have…
by oxfamcanada | January 24, 2017
Oxfam makes headlines for #Davos2017
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Each year the rich and powerful descend upon Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum – and Oxfam makes headlines reminding them and the world of rising global inequality. This…
by oxfamcanada | January 24, 2017
Your questions answered: Oxfam’s Inequality report
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Oxfam’s new inequality report, which found that just 8 men own the same wealth as half the world, is making headlines around the globe. Since we launched we have been…
by oxfamcanada | January 17, 2017
Why Women's Organizations Should Get The Credit They Deserve
- Advocacy in Canada
Written by Kelly Bowden, Manager of Campaigns at Oxfam Canada I sent an email to Google earlier this week because I had an idea. I told them they should make…
by oxfamcanada | September 22, 2016
Solidarity: Let's make sure it doesn't end here
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
On Monday June 20, 2016, we marked World Refugee Day, standing with refugees around the world, from Syria to Burundi. Just two days later, we stood together in solidarity once…
by oxfamcanada | June 25, 2016
8 things that make our bucket life-changing
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Water
We know that clean water saves lives, but in order to access it, people need to be able to safely transport and store it. That’s why a better bucket makes…
by Oxfam Canada | June 14, 2016
What is Equal Pay Day all about anyway?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
What is Equal Pay Day all about anyway? On April 19, 2016, The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition marks Equal Pay Day – the day when a typical woman’s earnings have…
by oxfamcanada | April 19, 2016
Our stats struck a nerve, now let’s hit back against inequality
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Oxfam made headlines this week with our stats on wealth inequality, particularly the finding that the 62 richest people in the world own as much as the poorest half of…
by oxfamcanada | January 22, 2016
Beyond the Nine-to-Five: A world where women are valued
- Advocacy in Canada
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
On October 19th, 2015, Canadians told the world they were ready for something different. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected on the promise of action on climate change, a valued…
by oxfamcanada | December 9, 2015
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Let’s Make it Happen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
By Julie Lafrenière, Women’s Rights Specialist at Oxfam Canada. In South Sudan, domestic violence is widespread and largely tolerated. In the all-too-common words of two young women from Warrap State:…
by oxfamcanada | December 3, 2015
Women Are Central to Canadian Foreign Policy
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Julie DelahantyExecutive Director, Oxfam Canada Early reviews of last night’s Munk Debate on foreign policy have been positive. There was a substantive airing of some important issues. And…
by oxfamcanada | September 29, 2015
Ending global poverty begins with women's rights.
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Kelly Bowden National Campaigns Manager, Oxfam Canada That’s why Oxfam teamed up with the Up For Debate campaign. Up For Debate has a very clear goal: to put…
by Oxfam | September 23, 2015
Economic Priorities for My Mother and Millions of Canadian Women
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Julie DelahantyExecutive Director, Oxfam Canada Election season is heating up. The leaders debate on economic policy is almost upon us. And my mother wants me to say a…
by oxfamcanada | September 17, 2015
Women, Peace & Security - In That Order!
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Julie Lafrenière Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist On September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was an important event featuring three female Nobel Peace Laureates: Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire…
by Oxfam Canada | September 15, 2015
Six big things for election debates
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Kelly Bowden, National Campaign Manager If you ask political parties or the media, this election is about the middle class. If you ask me, it’s about people living…
by oxfamcanada | August 6, 2015
Happy Eid – from Yemen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Violence Against Women and Girls
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased throughout the month of Ramadan – in fact it intensified. The upcoming holiday is…
by oxfamcanada | July 16, 2015
Oxfam's view on what's at stake in Addis
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
- Women's Transformative Leadership
The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development Conference when it kicks off in Addis next week. They would rather not put…
by oxfamcanada | July 7, 2015
Yemen: Women get on their bikes for their rights
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came together for an unconventional demonstration against the war… and the lack of women’s rights.…
by oxfamcanada | July 6, 2015
Oxfam in Cuba: Helping women farmers cultivate more than just crops
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
“We feel like leaders”, “I am no longer the same”, “We are together now”, “we know we can do it” – these are the voices of women leading the urban…
by oxfamcanada | April 23, 2015
Yemen Crisis: A view from the ground
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Women's Transformative Leadership
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen for the past week. She is based in Sanaa. Oxfam has been working in…
by oxfamcanada | April 16, 2015
Daniel Namwira Nechi Oxfam Volunteer Wins Emerging Leaders Award
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
I was born and raised in Congo (D. R) until my family immigrated to Winnipeg. Three years ago, I was introduced to Oxfam, when invited to participate in Oxfam Canada's…
by oxfamcanada | April 14, 2015
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit? by Winnie Byanyima As the World Economic Forum in Davos draws to a close, the real work to identify joint solutions…
by oxfamcanada | January 23, 2015
Rising inequality and climate change: Defining challenges for global leaders in 2015
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
By Winnie Byanyima This year, global leadership will be tested like never before. Significant progress has been made in the last decade. Global poverty rates are falling. Child and maternal…
by oxfamcanada | January 19, 2015
Gap between rich and poor widening – and it’s not just us saying it
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- Hunger
Blog by Christine McCartney, Oxfam Ireland Inequality is rising – to the detriment of us all. You might expect an organisation like Oxfam to say that, but it’s not just…
by oxfamcanada | October 20, 2014
Families are leading the way to feed people and fight climate change
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It’s 4am. You get up like any other morning with your young baby. Except today is different. Last night a freak storm flooded your fields and your crops are out…
by oxfamcanada | October 14, 2014
Cultivating Food Security for the people of El Salvador
- Advocacy in Canada
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Food. It’s one of life’s great pleasures. We think about it all the time. Most of us eat food at least three times a day. Some of us take photos…
by oxfamcanada | October 14, 2014
Food Companies Race to the Summit
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It’s a key moment. Climate change is the single biggest threat to winning the fight against hunger, and food companies haven’t been doing enough to tackle it. Their substantial greenhouse…
by Oxfam Canada | September 16, 2014
Controlled arms: Oxfam’s hope for the next World Humanitarian Day
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- Emergency Response
by Martin Butcher Around 1,500 people a day are killed in conflicts and armed violence across the globe, and among that loss are humanitarian aid workers who were trying to…
by oxfamcanada | August 19, 2014
Kellogg Steps Up to Tackle Climate Change
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- Water
Kellogg has announced it is stepping up to address climate change in a very big way. It has committed to reduce harmful emissions across both its supply chain and operations,…
by oxfamcanada | August 13, 2014
Oxfam Canada Campus Groups Celebrate Another Successful Year!
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Jasmine Lum Over the past school year, Oxfam Canada clubs on university and college campuses across Canada have once again been busy raising awareness and taking action on gender justice,…
by oxfamcanada | August 9, 2014
Another food company against land grabs: Why Nestlé’s policy matters
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
An inside look at the food giant’s bold new commitments on land rights. Monique van Zijl is the campaign manager for Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign. When one of the…
by oxfamcanada | August 7, 2014
Nestlé declares “zero tolerance” for land grabs
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Simon Starling It was boiling hot last Friday afternoon when I heard the news. I was just getting used to the idea of drinking a land-grab-free soft drink to…
by oxfamcanada | August 6, 2014
The opportunity of a generation: Ending extreme inequality
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Winnie Byanyima It could be the opportunity of a generation. The world can be proud of the progress made towards ending poverty – as I see for myself when…
by oxfamcanada | July 18, 2014
What’s really in your morning bowl of cereal?
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- Emergency Response
by Àngela Corbalán Palm oil is everywhere, in food and everyday items you don’t even realize. It’s in your morning bowl of cereal, your afternoon biscuits, your dinner pizza, in…
by oxfamcanada | July 3, 2014
WorldPride 2014
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Everyone’s got a right to Pride! Oxfam supporters, partners and staff from around the world celebrated our work to advance LGBTI rights at WorldPride 2014! WorldPride took place in Toronto from…
by Oxfam | June 21, 2014
Overcoming inequality and climate change is key to ending poverty and suffering
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- Natural Disasters
- Water
by Winnie Byanyima Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger. By concentrating wealth…
by oxfamcanada | June 19, 2014
Raising Her Voice: Feminism around the world
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- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Emily Brown, Oxfam Great Britain Yesterday I shared with you a new animation on women’s political voice – and today, to inspire you, I would like to share with…
by oxfamcanada | June 12, 2014
Raising her voice: making women’s invisibility, visible
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- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Emily Brown, Oxfam Great Britain Have you ever felt like no one is listening to you? Do you think it’s fair? No, Oxfam doesn’t either… And that’s why Raising Her…
by oxfamcanada | June 11, 2014
Infographic: The vocabulary of hunger crises, explained
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- Hunger
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Recently, a friend of mine almost got into trouble with the US government. As he returned home from a few months of humanitarian work in…
by oxfamcanada | June 5, 2014
I survived the Cuban Revolution Bike Ride - and supported Oxfam!
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Melanie Gallant A couple of months ago I biked 350 kilometres under the Cuban sun, cutting straight across the island from the Atlantic to the Caribbean coast. The trip…
by oxfamcanada | June 3, 2014
Africa Rising: Time for a fairer deal for all
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Winnie Byanyima I have joined global decision makers in Maputo this week for the IMF and Mozambiquan government’s joint “Africa Rising” conference, to take stock of Africa’s economic performance,…
by oxfamcanada | May 30, 2014
Beyond the headcount: Transformative leadership for women’s rights
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Oxfam is investing in an approach called Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights based on the idea that when men and women are leaders in a way that embodies human rights,…
by Chloe Safier | May 26, 2014
4 steps food companies can take to help stop climate change
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- Hunger
- Water
No company is too big to listen to its customers. When enough of us speak out, companies listen. Last year more than 400,000 of you called on companies to do…
by oxfamcanada | May 20, 2014
Developing countries must be at the heart of Global Tax Reform
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- Hunger
by Winnie Byanyima After the world was plunged into a financial crisis, back in 2009, G20 leaders promised to clean up the international tax system, once and for all. The…
by oxfamcanada | May 5, 2014
The World Economic Forum hits Latin America, the most unequal region in the world
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Françoise Venni This year the World Economic Forum (or WEF) for the Latin America region was held in Panama. A country where growth levels, which are among the 20…
by oxfamcanada | April 8, 2014
3 reasons to read about 1 easy solution to extreme inequality: Free public services
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by Emma Seery Today we are launching a new report, ‘Working for the Many: Public Services Fight Inequality.’ This is the next in Oxfam’s series of reports looking at the…
by oxfamcanada | April 3, 2014
How can we help create more women leaders?
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The evidence is clear: Strong development and the achievement of women’s rights are intrinsically bound – in everything from economic growth, access to education, food and health security to the…
by Winnie Byanyima | March 31, 2014
5 critical things we learned from the latest UN report on climate change
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- Hunger
- Water
The IPCC has presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and what we can do about it. It’s a lengthy report, so we’ve boiled it…
by oxfamcanada | March 31, 2014
One woman's story of fighting climate change - and how you can join her
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- Hunger
- Water
Virginia’s story “I see the climate is changing a lot,” says Virginia Ñuñonca, a farmer and community leader in the Peruvian highlands. “Before it wasn’t like this. Sometimes these days,…
by oxfamcanada | March 26, 2014
Why the system for managing the world’s food and climate needs to be more like my car
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- Hunger
- Water
by Duncan Green When I get into my car in London, I step into a system designed to get me safely from A to B. It has seat belts, airbags,…
by oxfamcanada | March 25, 2014
Pushing PepsiCo to the Max on Land Grabs
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
When enough of us speak out, companies listen. Today PepsiCo proved this. After nearly 6 months of campaigning, the world’s second largest food and drink company agreed to a zero…
by oxfamcanada | March 18, 2014
Saying Goodbye to Bill Hynd - Oxfam's Outreach Officer for the Atlantic Region
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
Photo: (l-r) Nicole Kieley, Oxfam Canada board member; Debbie Forward, President of the Newfoundland & Labrador Nurses' Union (NLNU); and Bill Hynd, Oxfam Canada. Bill is presenting a plaque recognizing…
by oxfamcanada | March 14, 2014
Banksy creates a new image of hope to stand #WithSyria
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- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Popular British graffiti artist Banksy has shown his support for the #WithSyria campaign by reworking his iconic image of a little girl with a balloon, entitled “There is Always Hope“,…
by oxfamcanada | March 11, 2014
Behind the Brands: Food companies do care what consumers think
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When customers speak, businesses listen. It’s an old adage in business that Oxfam and its supporters tested to see if this would be true on issues of sustainability and human…
by oxfamcanada | February 28, 2014
Turning the way food companies do business upside down
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It’s not only Diana Ross who is left singing “upside down you’re turning me…” In the last twelve months Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign and hundreds of thousands of people…
by Oxfam | February 26, 2014
Toward an international movement to tackle inequality
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by Winnie Byanyima International agreement on the need to take action against rising and damaging economic inequality is gathering pace. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Outlook on the Global Agenda…
by Oxfam | February 14, 2014
10 reasons to commit to agriculture and smallholder farmers in Africa
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- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
by Eric Hazard Over 810,000 people are in need of immediate food aid in northern Mali as I write this blog. In the Sahel as a whole, around 20 million…
by oxfamcanada | February 12, 2014
Taking stock of GROW, Oxfam's food campaign
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- Hunger
On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle the injustice of 900 million people going to bed hungry every night. The campaign now works in more than…
by oxfamcanada | January 31, 2014
Why did Oxfam target the billionaires at Davos?
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- Hunger
by Nick Galasso, Oxfam America research and policy advisor It’s time they pay their taxes, stop using wealth to influence politics. Last week, we released a new report on…
by oxfamcanada | January 27, 2014
Canadian Mining Associations and Civil Society Call for Mining Sector Transparency
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Lina Holguin Today, mining companies and civil society organizations came together to ask the Government of Canada to establish strong rules on mandatory reporting of payments made by Canadian…
by oxfamcanada | January 16, 2014
Statement on International Human Rights Day
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- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Statement by Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada Executive Director In South Africa, every six hours a woman is killed by her partner. In Guatemala, two women are murdered on average daily.…
by oxfamcanada | December 10, 2013
At the Polling Station with Nelson Mandela, 1994
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Meyer Brownstone My first and most memorable encounter with Nelson Mandela coincided with a moment marking one of his basic goals – the equal right to vote in South…
by oxfamcanada | December 10, 2013
The private sector and poverty: harnessing firepower, recognizing limits
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- Hunger
By Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, and Raymond Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America Jobs, innovation, wealth creation: the private sector has great potential to pull people out of…
by oxfamcanada | December 2, 2013
You Spoke. Coca-Cola listened.
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
A month ago, Oxfam launched the second action of our Behind the Brands campaign asking three of the biggest companies in the sugar industry – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British…
by Oxfam | November 7, 2013
Infographic: Visualizing the global land rush
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Explaining the links that connect the sugar in your Coke or Pepsi to the global scandal of land grabs that kick poor farmers off their land can be a long…
by Oxfam | October 22, 2013
World Food Day and Behind the Brands: Connecting the dots
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
Yesterday was World Food Day. It was also an exciting day for the Behind the Brands campaign, with stunts taking place in Canada, USA, and the Netherlands. But what’s the…
by oxfamcanada | October 17, 2013
Brazil: Sugar rush destroys indigenous communities’ way of life
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
Village chief Ezequiel Joâo Kaiowá leads me to a forest clearing located on his tribe’s ancestral land known as Panambi-Lagoa Rica, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, south-western…
by Oxfam | October 17, 2013
How difficult is it to say “we do not tolerate abuse”?
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How hard do you think it is for a company to say “We don’t tolerate human rights abuses”? Imagine a really famous multi-million-dollar one that depends upon having fantastic public…
by oxfamcanada | October 14, 2013
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods – what they say and what we know
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods (ABF) have had varied reactions to Oxfam’s new report, Sugar Rush, exposing land grabs and conflicts in their sugar supply chains, and their need…
by oxfamcanada | October 4, 2013
The truth behind sugar: Anything but sweet
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
Edilza Duarte, 24, is a Guaraní-Kaiowá mother of two, living in Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul. Her community’s land, Jatayvary, was taken from them 40 years ago. Now it’s…
by Oxfam | October 2, 2013
Moving on up: Changing the way big brands do business
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The results are in Over 120,000 people taking action. The world’s ten biggest food and beverage companies. And one groundbreaking campaign. Combine these ingredients and what do you get? The…
by oxfamcanada | September 23, 2013
The Power of People against Poverty - Oxfam Canada’s National CHANGE Summit
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- Hunger
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This week has been action-packed for Oxfam Canada! In addition to preparing the ground work for this weekend’s Gender Justice Summit, Oxfam, campus and youth leaders have been participating in…
by oxfamcanada | September 20, 2013
What is Oxfam calling for at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia?
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- Hunger
The G20 – or group of 20 – meets every year to discuss key issues in the global economy. Collectively, the G20 economies represent 90% of global GDP, 80% of…
by Caroline Hooper-Box | September 5, 2013
4 ways we spoke out together on land grabs – and 4 brilliant results
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Rachel George What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks, private investors, governments or corporations which result in the often violent eviction of…
by oxfamcanada | August 16, 2013
How solar power is helping Syrian refugees
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- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Look closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those lampposts? In fact, the lights in the background of the photo—which was taken in…
by oxfamcanada | August 10, 2013
Executive Perspective: Behind the Brands, Oxfam ranks big food
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By Erinch Sahan and Will Martindale, Oxfam Policy Advisors. Erinch Sahan is a private sector policy adviser at Oxfam. He led the team across Oxfam International who put together…
by oxfamcanada | August 9, 2013
Behind the Brands: Will your favourite brand make it to the top of the scorecard?
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We’re already seeing companies committing to do business better. That’s because of you – but there’s more we can do to put the pressure on through Twitter and Facebook. Since…
by oxfamcanada | July 24, 2013
Palm oil: The real problem is crystal clear through the haze
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- Water
by Johan Verburg Burning forests and land in Indonesia is an annual phenomenon, but this year fires have hit extreme levels and have created a dangerous haze over Singapore and…
by oxfamcanada | July 12, 2013
The Power of People Against Poverty
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Winnie Byanyima I feel very privileged to have joined Oxfam International just as we adopt our new strategic plan, called “The Power of People against Poverty”. To me, that…
by oxfamcanada | June 28, 2013
The power of You behind the brands
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- Hunger
- Violence Against Women and Girls
by Victoria Marzilli Two months. That is all it took for chocolate lovers and social justice activists to stand up to three of the biggest food companies in the…
by oxfamcanada | June 25, 2013
Verdict on the G8 Summit, 2013
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by Adam Musgrave, Oxfam International I sat in Enniskillen Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon, having just delivered our final, golf-themed stunt with the Big Heads, and watched the news…
by oxfamcanada | June 21, 2013
The G8 must take action on tax dodging and tax havens!
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Shocking new statistics released by Oxfam have shown that governments are letting people hide at least $18.5 trillion in offshore tax havens. Yes, you read that right: not $18.5…
by oxfamcanada | May 22, 2013
We’ve come a long way baby… or have we?
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by Irit Tamir While gender equality is enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…
by oxfamcanada | May 17, 2013
On Mother's Day
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- Violence Against Women and Girls
by Shawna Wakefield On mother’s day, instead of valorizing moms with well-intended, but often artificial appreciation for the vast amounts of unpaid labor that women do every day, I…
by oxfamcanada | May 14, 2013
Could you live on 30 litres of water a day?
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- Emergency Response
by Melissa Ekdom-Delorme Saturday evening I spent reconfiguring my toilet to a 4L flush and filling small bottles and jugs of water carefully portioned for drinking and cleaning. I was…
by Oxfam Canada | May 10, 2013
Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger"
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- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from October 2010-April 2012. These…
by oxfamcanada | May 8, 2013
Behind the world’s favorite brew: a living wage for tea pickers
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The tragic collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has put a spotlight on the poor pay and working conditions endured by millions of people who make our clothes…
by oxfamcanada | May 2, 2013
Trekking the Sahara for Oxfam Canada
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Karen A. Murray So, I just got back from a week of walking through the Sahara Desert. Yep, I did just say, a week of walking, through the…
by oxfamcanada | April 29, 2013
How your campaigning is helping end land grabs
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
With your help, Oxfam has been campaigning since September on land grabs, as part of our GROW campaign for food justice. We wanted the World Bank to take some…
by oxfamcanada | April 23, 2013
Why Oxfam has taken the land campaign to the World Bank Spring Meetings
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
It’s been a busy few months for Oxfam campaigners, and it’s all been leading up to this moment: the World Bank Spring Meetings. Here’s why they’re so important to…
by oxfamcanada | April 19, 2013
Video: Fighting land grabs in the Philippines and beyond
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Jo Whitaker Meet Patricia. She’s a mother of six from a small town called Casiguran in the Philippines. Until recently, she and her husband lived next to the…
by oxfamcanada | April 18, 2013
Helping Syrian refugees with disabilities in Jordan’s camp Za’atari
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- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
April 2013 – Adapting to life in Jordan’s sprawling desert refugee camp, Za’atari, is hard for all refugees, but especially so for those with disabilities and special needs. …
by oxfamcanada | April 17, 2013
The World Bank and land grabs
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Hannah Stoddart At the beginning of its Land and Poverty Conference this week, the World Bank Group put out a statement on land that follows many months – and in some cases…
by oxfamcanada | April 15, 2013
Syrian refugee influx adding to Jordan’s water worries
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- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
A short distance from Zaatari, a sprawling camp for Syrian refugees, lies a road full of small nurseries growing vegetables and olive trees. Khaled runs one of them. These…
by oxfamcanada | April 11, 2013
Manny's story: “It's like they have killed us already”
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
In the once tranquil Casiguran municipality of the Philippines, a powerful local political dynasty has started building. There are plans for a deep water shipping port, and plans to…
by oxfamcanada | April 10, 2013
Broken promises: rural women hit hardest by corporate land deals
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- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Small-scale women farmers are the backbone of Africa’s food system, but, as corporations buy up huge swathes of rural land, they are losing out at every turn. Marc Wegerif, Oxfam’s…
by oxfamcanada | April 9, 2013
Ending women's inequality is key to tackling hunger. Who cares?
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
A new UN report released today on Women’s Rights and the Right to Food puts the spotlight on the hugely disproportionate amount of time that women spend caring for…
by oxfamcanada | March 4, 2013
The response to Behind the Brands so far
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- Women's Transformative Leadership
There’s been a great response to the Behind the Brands launch. Consumers clearly care about the people behind the foods they buy. Thousands of people have taken action; the…
by oxfamcanada | February 28, 2013
Go behind the brands you buy
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- Emergency Response
- Violence Against Women and Girls
What do Toblerone and Tropicana have in common? The same as Coca-Cola, Cheerios and Cadbury’s and Oreos, Pringles and Pop Tarts. They’re all made by the “Big 10” food…
by oxfamcanada | February 26, 2013
Making CHANGE: Summits focus on Gender Justice
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- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
First question: How does Oxfam take the potential for gender-based violence into account when planning cash distributions to women in emergencies? Second question: What is the global South? Over…
by oxfamcanada | February 4, 2013
7 photos that reveal what families eat in one week
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- Hunger
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America How much food does your household go through in a week? What are your go-to family meals? And how much do you spend on…
by oxfamcanada | January 28, 2013
