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My name is Susan Grace Duku. I am 33 years old and I have spent 21 of…
Advocacy in Canada, Conflict and War, Emergency Response, Refugees and Internal Displacement, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Violence Against Women and Girls by Susan Grace Duku | Founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid [wpbb-else]…
Advocacy in Canada, Conflict and War, Emergency Response, Refugees and Internal Displacement, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Violence Against Women and Girls by Susan Grace Duku | Founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid [wpbb-else] [wpbb…
In this post, we learn about how much of a difference it makes in the lives of…
Some days, I feel like a feminist future has never been so close at hand. Female foreign…
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on the…
Months after marking four years of devastating war, South Sudan has reached another critical point: more South…
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices.Yemenis, already on the tipping…
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it…
Last week, Canadians came together to celebrate their country’s 149th birthday. This week, South Sudan marks 5…
Written by Ann Witteveen, Humanitarian Manager, Oxfam Canada.I grew up in the 70’s when commercials for ‘feminine…
By Melanie Gallant, Oxfam Canada’s Media Relations Officer Whether through civil war or other forms of conflict,…
By Julie Lafrenière, Women’s Rights Specialist at Oxfam Canada. In South Sudan, domestic violence is widespread and…
By Bailey Reid, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Oxfam Canada Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programs are popular among development…
By Stella MadeteOxfam in South Sudan Monica has not been home in Malakal for almost two years.…
I have a lot to be thankful for. Good health, a loving family, a home and a…
Written by Julie Lafrenière Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist On September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was an…
The searing images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi have moved through cyberspace and galvanized reaction around the world.…
Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is largely…
An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many families…
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased throughout…
Last summer, 16 year old Eba'a Hamouda watched terrified as the bombs fell all around her in…
Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came together…
Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes dry…
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen for…
Despite the ceasefire, there remain enormous humanitarian needs in Gaza. The bombing of the past seven weeks…
In Gaza, delivering safe water is filled with danger. “I’ve heard the sound of explosions while driving…
When people think of Gaza, they rarely think of a hub of technological innovation. But for the…
by Arwa Mhanna Salama Shamali is just six years old, yet he has already lived through three…
by Arwa Mhanna We tell our children that schools are places where they can make their hopes…
After nearly a month of bombardment, Gaza's food supplies are running low and an entire year's harvest…
by Aimee Brown Today marks South Sudan’s third year of independence. But in the past seven months,…
by Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam America A lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with…
by Dorah NtungaLast December, Nyakuoth was living happily in South Sudan, with her husband and five children.…
by Ann Witteveen I was last in Juba in South Sudan in February 1999. At that time,…
What an amazing display of support for the #WithSyria campaign for the third anniversary of the Syria…
Popular British graffiti artist Banksy has shown his support for the #WithSyria campaign by reworking his iconic…
When I touch the sensitive subject of security, all I see is discomfort and eyes wandering off…
by Farah KarimiWelcome to the youngest nation in the world, South Sudan. A place burdened with a…
“Even if peace would come, we cannot return home. We are not safe.” These words, spoken by a…
by Shaheen Chughtai, Oxfam Great Britain Nestling between picturesque snow-capped mountains and the shimmering waters of Lake…
There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks. Montreux is breathtakingly beautiful,…
Things are heating up in Montreux, on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where Oxfam campaigners are amongst the…
by Grace CahillNot yet three years old and only beginning to know what peace feels like, the…
A little over a year ago and a half ago, I worked closely with dozens of other…