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PANDEMIC. Until February 2020, this word was one without much meaning for anyone born before 1918 –…
Just a few weeks ago, I travelled to five Canadian cities to help present Oxfam’s award-winning exhibit…
What is our Women, Peace and Security advice to the incoming government? To ensure policy coherence across all foreign…
Gender dynamics in the largest refugee settlement in the world “You have come to this country as…
Humanitarian workers are the backbone of life-saving humanitarian responses. Though the role of a humanitarian worker is…
My name is Susan Grace Duku. I am 33 years old and I have spent 21 of…
Conflict and War, Refugees and Internal Displacement by [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…
In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee resettlement camp, one woman is helping others make money—and heal—through a jewellery-making group.…
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on the…
Oxfam has come to know Rajiah as a leader when she was unanimously selected to represent her…
Since August 25, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed over into Bangladesh’s southeastern districts. More than half are…
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…
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…
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 Joelle Bassoul, Media Advisor for Oxfam in Beirut Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria have seen…
I have a lot to be thankful for. Good health, a loving family, a home and a…
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…
Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes dry…
Four years since it began, the Syrian crisis continues to deepen, and the human suffering is greater…
Bright peeled paint covers humidity stains on the walls. An old bed has been pushed into a…
“To reach the Jordanian border, we walked for more than an hour at night. I was holding…
Jenny Enarsson, Oxfam's Syria crisis response gender advisor, explains why including Syria's women in negotiations is critical…
What does it feel like to be a refugee, forced to flee to an unfamiliar country and…
What an amazing display of support for the #WithSyria campaign for the third anniversary of the Syria…
As the third anniversary of the Syria crisis approaches, it is impossible not to be affected by…
“This resolution should not have been necessary”, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told the 15 member…
It was the kindness of strangers. When Aziz fled from the Syrian conflict to Lebanon, he heard…
by Joel Bassuk Amidst the horrific images (which I’ll not link to here) coming out of Syria…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Look closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those lampposts?…
Meet Liqaa. She’s a 23 year old English literature graduate from Syria. She’s recently married, and expecting…
April 2013 – Adapting to life in Jordan’s sprawling desert refugee camp, Za’atari, is hard for all…
A short distance from Zaatari, a sprawling camp for Syrian refugees, lies a road full of small…