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Oxfam Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the Her Future Her Choice Financial Support for…
Dear Ministers, On behalf of national, regional and local gender justice and human rights organizations, we are…
Social justice. Fighting to end inequality. The fair treatment of all people in a society and an…
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On a daily basis Rosa Soriano weighs her options, but no matter what she decides, her kids…
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Oxfam continues its work to assist families surviving a decade of war in Syria. Nesreen, a mother…
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Women are the world’s powerhouses: they produce most of the world’s food, are over-represented in precarious jobs…
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“Often as humans, when we feel uncomfortable and we don’t know how to place an experience, our…
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” Tackling racism requires us to tackle climate change. The root causes are one in the same.” When Larissa…
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This week marks the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, a landmark agreement by…
Oxfam Canada, together with 60 women’s rights and feminist organizations, sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin…
“Marriage should be for adults, at the proper time, and out of free will.” It seems like…
It has now been six months since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While many communities and…
September 18, 2020 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance House of Commons…
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The world is suffering through a pandemic unlike any other. It has been shutting down households, imprisoning…
There’s no ‘pause’ button for care The Coronavirus is highlighting just how essential care work – paid…
COVID-19 has been overwhelming. Like many people these days, I am up at night, worried about what…
While we are in the midst of the most significant global public health crisis of our lifetime,…
This open letter is a call for urgent action from doctors and nurses on the front lines…
So you want to invest in women and girls. You want to improve lives and tackle deep-seated…
It is hard to imagine what the world will look like a few months from now. But…
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It’s hard to believe that one year after Cyclone Idai, more than 100,000 people in Mozambique and…
Just a few weeks ago, I travelled to five Canadian cities to help present Oxfam’s award-winning exhibit…
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Canada desperately needs to update its approach on corporate accountability. The SNC-Lavalin affair that rocked the Canadian…
What is our Women, Peace and Security advice to the incoming government? To ensure policy coherence across all foreign…
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Vagina, clitoris, penis, testicles. Say these words out loud without giggling. Say them without whispering. I was…
My name is Susan Grace Duku. I am 33 years old and I have spent 21 of…
In my five years as Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, I’ve been lucky to meet many people around…
I walked out of my grade nine computer class upset, confused and disappointed. In a heated discussion…
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How do you talk about your period? Sure, menstruation may not be a common topic amongst friends…
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Meyer Brownstone, an influential part of Oxfam Canada for the last five decades, died April 4th, 2019…
In this post, we learn about the incredible work being done to secure sexual health and rights…
When it comes to standing up for sexual and reproductive health and rights, Canada is back. There…
Attn: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, M.P., Prime Minister of Canada The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau. M.P., Minister…
There is no greater responsibility than to ensure the safety and dignity of the people we serve.…
Have you travelled outside of Canada before? How many countries have you visited? Less than five? More…
The monsoon season is usually a welcome event for Sundari and her neighbours. Every year, it brings…
Written by Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International. These are restless, exciting, and frightening times to be…
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…
Following the Harvey Weinstein allegations, I kept hearing the same refrain as more women added their voices…
“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…
Written by Christine Hughes, Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist, Oxfam Canada Women’s movements in over 125 countries –…
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 19, 2016, The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition…
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 Lafrenière Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist On September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was an…
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…
It’s a key moment. Climate change is the single biggest threat to winning the fight against hunger,…
by Martin Butcher Around 1,500 people a day are killed in conflicts and armed violence across the…
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 Chloe Safier “Women’s leadership is a fundamental part of Oxfam’s work, and our commitment to putting…
No company is too big to listen to its customers. When enough of us speak out, companies…
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 evidence is clear: Strong development and the achievement of women’s rights are intrinsically bound – in…
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…
On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle the injustice of 900 million people…
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,…
Village chief Ezequiel Joâo Kaiowá leads me to a forest clearing located on his tribe’s ancestral land…
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,…
Edilza Duarte, 24, is a Guaraní-Kaiowá mother of two, living in Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul.…
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…
The G20 – or group of 20 – meets every year to discuss key issues in the…
by Rachel George What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks,…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Look closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those lampposts?…
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…
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-Delorme Saturday evening I spent reconfiguring my toilet to a 4L flush and filling small…
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…
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…
First question: How does Oxfam take the potential for gender-based violence into account when planning cash…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America How much food does your household go through in a week?…