Blogs & Stories
4 Links Between the War in Ukraine and the Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
The economic impacts of the war in Ukraine – including unprecedented food and energy price inflation – are being felt by the most vulnerable in our deeply unequal world.
by Oxfam Canada | April 26, 2022
Millions Facing Humanitarian Catastrophe in Northern Ethiopia
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Since conflict broke out in northern Ethiopia a year ago, humanitarian needs are outpacing aid.
by Oxfam | November 12, 2021
Conflict in Ethiopia creating massive humanitarian crisis
- Conflict and War
Fighting in the Tigray region, combined with the pandemic, drought, and an upsurge in locusts, is pushing hundreds of thousands into catastrophic hunger.
by Oxfam Canada | July 19, 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 Forgotten Conflict: Yemen Six Years Later
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
After six years of war, Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
by Oxfam Canada | March 25, 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
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
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
Transformative tailoring for Rohingya refugee women
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Gender dynamics in the largest refugee settlement in the world “You have come to this country as a guest,” Shompa, 60 years old, says to me as I sit in…
by Caroline Leal | August 23, 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
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
Designing hygiene and sanitation facilities in Rohingya refugee camps: for women by women
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
A female architect from Bangladesh collaborates with Rohingya women refugees to design safer hygiene and sanitation facilities.
by Oxfam Canada | March 4, 2019
What she knows matters. #Askher
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Some days, I feel like a feminist future has never been so close at hand. Female foreign ministers gathered for the first time ever in Montreal this September to find…
by Melanie Gallant | January 4, 2019
Displacement and Hunger in Qara Tapa
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on the floor of her one room mud house on the outskirts of Qara Tapa…
by Luna Allison | April 17, 2018
Hungry for Peace: South Sudan
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
Months after marking four years of devastating war, South Sudan has reached another critical point: more South Sudanese are hungry than ever before. One million people are now on the…
by Luna Allison | March 7, 2018
A catastrophic cholera crisis threatens Yemen
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices. Yemenis, already on the tipping point after more than two years of war, are now being forced…
by Oxfam Canada | August 16, 2017
INFOGRAPHIC: Food Security to Famine
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it comes to hunger, understanding is action. If we know what these words mean…
by oxfamcanada | April 19, 2017
In Pictures: Hope and Loss as World's Youngest Country Turns Five
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Last week, Canadians came together to celebrate their country’s 149th birthday. This week, South Sudan marks 5 years as an independent nation. Yet, for many there is little to celebrate.…
by oxfamcanada | July 7, 2016
This is just such a good idea, Period.
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Written by Ann Witteveen, Humanitarian Manager, Oxfam Canada. I grew up in the 70’s when commercials for ‘feminine hygiene products’ were a rarity and even when shown were often so…
by oxfamcanada | June 14, 2016
A Life Displaced is Still a Life with Hope and Dreams
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
By Melanie Gallant, Oxfam Canada’s Media Relations Officer Whether through civil war or other forms of conflict, natural disasters or climate related disasters such as drought, the global scale of…
by oxfamcanada | June 14, 2016
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
For Us, With Us: Women’s Economic Empowerment Programs & Women’s Safety
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
- Women’s Economic Justice
By Bailey Reid, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Oxfam Canada Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programs are popular among development interventions. They enhance the economic security of women and households by developing skills…
by oxfamcanada | December 3, 2015
Poor rains, failing crops and fighting - the state of food security in South Sudan
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
By Stella MadeteOxfam in South Sudan Monica has not been home in Malakal for almost two years. She has not seen or spoken to two of her four children either.…
by oxfamcanada | October 23, 2015
Thanking and giving in the Syrian refugee camps of Lebanon
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
I have a lot to be thankful for. Good health, a loving family, a home and a gratifying job. But like many, I often take these blessings for granted. This…
by Oxfam Canada | October 10, 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
Syria: A Lasting Solution in the Wake of Needless Tragedy
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
The searing images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi have moved through cyberspace and galvanized reaction around the world. People everywhere are shocked and saddened in witnessing the tragedy of a little…
by oxfamcanada | September 3, 2015
War, peace and women's long journey for justice in Somalia
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is largely good news – but just because there aren’t headlines doesn’t mean there isn’t…
by oxfamcanada | August 5, 2015
Hard choices in South Sudan: food or clean water?
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many families now face in meeting their basic needs. In South Sudan, only 55…
by oxfamcanada | July 24, 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
Gaza's youth using art to overcome the scars of war
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Last summer, 16 year old Eba'a Hamouda watched terrified as the bombs fell all around her in Gaza. Since then she has used her love of drawing and writing to…
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
In Focus: Syria, World Refugee Day
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes dry outside flimsy tents in the Mediterranean sunshine. We have arrived at a refugee…
by oxfamcanada | June 20, 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
Video: Delivering safe water in Gaza
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Water
Despite the ceasefire, there remain enormous humanitarian needs in Gaza. The bombing of the past seven weeks has caused massive damage to water supplies. Hundreds of thousands of people are…
by oxfamcanada | September 5, 2014
Delivering safe water despite the danger
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
In Gaza, delivering safe water is filled with danger. “I’ve heard the sound of explosions while driving from one shelter to another. I feared that the next bomb would fall…
by oxfamcanada | August 25, 2014
Gaza tech startup incubator devastated by shelling
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
When people think of Gaza, they rarely think of a hub of technological innovation. But for the past few years Oxfam has been working with Gaza’s University College of Applied…
by Oxfam Canada | August 20, 2014
Six year olds in Gaza live through their third war
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
An entire generation of children in Gaza is growing up like Salama, knowing little but airstrikes and destruction. The UN estimates that at least 360,000 children in Gaza will need…
by oxfamcanada | August 12, 2014
A mobile clinic brings healthcare to families who have lost everything
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
We tell our children that schools are places where they can make their hopes and dreams come true. But today in Gaza, schools have become places of desperation – a…
by Arwa Mhanna | August 11, 2014
Gaza's harvest at risk
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
After nearly a month of bombardment, Gaza’s food supplies are running low and an entire year’s harvest is at risk. In many markets, fresh food and vegetables are scarce. Cucumbers,…
by Oxfam Canada | August 9, 2014
South Sudan at 3: A tenuous shelter behind razor wire
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Aimee Brown Today marks South Sudan’s third year of independence. But in the past seven months, the sense of unity that brought its people together in 2011 has been…
by oxfamcanada | July 9, 2014
South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peace
- Conflict and War
- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam America A lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with pink plastic hearts emerged from a grass-thatched hut and walked towards me. In…
by oxfamcanada | June 20, 2014
My Children are my strength
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Dorah Ntunga Last December, Nyakuoth was living happily in South Sudan, with her husband and five children. At 27 years-old, one of Nyakuoth’s wishes was to one day visit…
by oxfamcanada | May 9, 2014
South Sudan: A New Country in Crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Ann Witteveen I was last in Juba in South Sudan in February 1999. At that time, it was a northern held town in southern Sudan and there was only…
by oxfamcanada | April 22, 2014
An amazing display of solidarity #WithSyria!
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
What an amazing display of support for the #WithSyria campaign for the third anniversary of the Syria crisis – congratulations one and all for a truly moving display of solidarity!…
by Oxfam | March 20, 2014
Banksy creates a new image of hope to stand #WithSyria
- Advocacy in Canada
- 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
Toward limiting the threat of violence against women in the South Sudan crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
When I touch the sensitive subject of security, all I see is discomfort and eyes wandering off to avoid mine. On Friday (21 February) I met with another young woman,…
by oxfamcanada | February 24, 2014
South Sudan: World's youngest nation in crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Farah Karimi Welcome to the youngest nation in the world, South Sudan. A place burdened with a violent and painful history of armed combat for independence, and the poorest…
by oxfamcanada | February 18, 2014
South Sudan: Signs of hope amongst the violence
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
“Even if peace would come, we cannot return home. We are not safe.” These words, spoken by a grandmother who I met at an IDP camp in South Sudan, demonstrate…
by oxfamcanada | February 17, 2014
The Geneva II peace process for Syria - reflections from the shore of Lake Geneva
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Shaheen Chughtai, Oxfam Great Britain Nestling between picturesque snow-capped mountains and the shimmering waters of Lake Geneva lies the Swiss town of Montreux, which hosted the opening day of…
by oxfamcanada | February 12, 2014
Geneva II peace talks: Syrian women and civil society must be heard
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks. Montreux is breathtakingly beautiful, the snow-topped Swiss Alps rising starkly over Lake Geneva. Yet this is where…
by oxfamcanada | January 23, 2014
Syria peace talks: A time for hope
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Things are heating up in Montreux, on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where Oxfam campaigners are amongst the hundreds of diplomats, journalists, civil society and solidarity groups gathering for the beginning…
by oxfamcanada | January 22, 2014
In South Sudan, escalating violence again ensnares citizens
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Grace Cahill Not yet three years old and only beginning to know what peace feels like, the world’s newest country—South Sudan—is again in the throes of extreme violence. Since…
by oxfamcanada | January 17, 2014
