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Generation Equality Forum: A blueprint for gender equality “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are…
Peggy Killeen was born and raised in South Africa. In 1985, when Peggy was 21, she was…
Feminist Aid, Women's Transformative Leadership, Women’s Economic Justice by Amar Nijhawan, Amber Parks & Julie Thekkudan [wpbb-else] [wpbb…
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…
It can be particularly challenging as a young woman leading men in many African societies. As a…
“You can’t change the past, but you can change the future.” – Rubina Rubina has been through…
Oxfam has come to know Rajiah as a leader when she was unanimously selected to represent her…
First published in the Toronto Star, February 20, 2018. When I joined Oxfam Canada as its executive…
** Trigger warning: violence against women, sexual misconduct and prostitution ** The full Haiti 2011 Investigation Report…
The #MeToo campaign is empowering survivors across the globe to share their stories.Sexual abuse and violence against…
What is Oxfam, what do we do, and how do we do it? Here’s the information you…
Since August 25, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed over into Bangladesh’s southeastern districts. More than half are…
Right now, millions of families around the world are facing severe food shortages, fleeing their homes in…
“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…
Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the base…
Sometimes we harm the people we try to help. As humanitarians we deliver life-saving assistance to people…
Written by Julie Delahanty, Executive Director, Oxfam Canada Driving through Larache in Northern Morocco I was struck…
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…
Do you remember the last time you felt confidence in yourself and your voice? This feeling swept…
Written by Julie Delahanty, Executive Director of Oxfam Canada. First published in The Hill Times on July…
What is Equal Pay Day all about anyway? On April 19, 2016, The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition…
Written by Chiara Capraro and Francesca Rhodes, originally published on openDemocracy, April 7, 2016 The world is…
Last month, Prime Minister Trudeau attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New…
While President Obama's visit has put Havana in the spotlight, more remote communities are preparing for earthquakes…
by Julie Delahanty,Executive Director of Oxfam Canada We'll leave it to the courts to decide the fate…
Oxfam made headlines this week with our stats on wealth inequality, particularly the finding that the 62…
Written by Winnie ByanyimaExecutive Director, Oxfam InternationalYet again I am attending the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
Photo: Women in Nepal, one of the countries that will be part of Oxfam Canada’s new 5-year program that will…
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…
By Bailey Reid, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Oxfam Canada Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programs are popular among development…
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…
Making “Cuba’s Hour” Count for Cubans by Marianela Gonzalez, communications officer for Oxfam in Cuba. Since December 17th, Cuba has…
Written by Kelly Bowden, National Campaign ManagerIf you ask political parties or the media, this election is…
Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is largely…
The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development Conference…
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…
Today is World Public Service Day. Around the world, governments and citizens are marking the contribution of…
Written by Sarah Rooney, Oxfam Canada’s intern and 3rd year law student at University of Ottawa. As…
By Shaheen ChughtaiOxfam’s Deputy Head of Humanitarian Policy and CampaignsKathmandu was ever a disaster-in-waiting. The densely populated…
“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,…
Twenty minutes drive east from Port Vila is a community called Etas. Homes are nestled among the…
“No matter how much the ground shakes, we will remain calm in our hearts.” Quote from a…
Mariam, 33, mother of five, gazes out of her tent at the snow capped mountains and the…
Noor, 30, fled the war in Syria with her handicapped husband and two children, a girl, 4,…
Make It Happen: Stories From south sudan Rebecca’s story “Getting an education is my number one priority”…
Make It Happen: Stories From south sudanMary's story“The first thing I share on the radio is the…
Make It Happen: Stories From south sudanStella's story“I hope that I don’t continue writing about war and…
Women and Climate Change: Stories of EMPOWERMENT Rosario’s story The Santa Rosa Community is made up of…
If there is one person on the planet who embodies what Oxfam is all about, it’s Ipaishe.…
Women and Climate Change: Stories of EMPOWERMENTLanggin's storyLanggin is 20 years old and has lived in the…
By Ann WitteveenAid organizations and staff have long known that humanitarian crises affect men and women differently,…
From Nigeria to Canada to the UK gender-based violenceknows no bordersBlog by: Chioma Akuabia Ukwuagu Programme Officer,…
Worldwide violence against women and girls is a widespread human rights violation. Oxfam is part of a…
First she kept her own family together. Then she became a spokesperson for family farmers around the…
Food. It’s one of life’s great pleasures. We think about it all the time. Most of us…
Could you cope with just 35 litres of water, the equivalent of one 5 minute shower, a day?…
“Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian” ― Kowtham Kumar K Today, August 19th, is World…
On World Humanitarian Day Pieter Struijf, Oxfam’s Program Manager for Jonglei, writes about the challenges of delivering…
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 Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam America A lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with…
What does it feel like to be a refugee, forced to flee to an unfamiliar country and…
by Lauren Ravon and Lise Martin Last week the international community was shocked when two little girls…
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?…
A group of Oxfam executive directors and board chairs recently took to the fields of Cuba, traveling…
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 Caroline Gluck When typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines last November, killing more than 6,000 people…
photo: Oxfam Americaby Coco McCabe, Oxfam AmericaYadira Leticia Tziná Mendoza explains why she’s taking on a taboo…
In the current discussions around this week’s first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development…
by Winnie Byanyima People want dignity, people want rights In the global survey World We Want 2015,…
by Françoise Venni This year the World Economic Forum (or WEF) for the Latin America region was…
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'…
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Oxfam invited typhoon survivors to share their self-portraits. The results aren’t what…
by Jane Beesley We might feel aggrieved when we’ve gone out of our way to do something…
by Lina HolguinToday, mining companies and civil society organizations came together to ask the Government of Canada…
We witnessed a continuing barrage of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes and cyclones. And conflicts around…
Typhoon Haiyan caused widespread damage to livelihoods. Among the worst affected, was coconut farming with millions of…
by Melanie Gallant Violence against women and girls is an attack on human rights – it ruins…
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…
As part of the international campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence,” Oxfam in Mali, Wildaf – a…
By Cherian Matthews, Regional Director of Oxfam in Asia I have just returned from the typhoon-ravaged areas…
By Abbi Luz Note: This is a shorter version of the original blog, which can be found…
A month ago, Oxfam launched the second action of our Behind the Brands campaign asking three of…
By Julie Thekkudan, Gender Justice – Lead Specialist, Oxfam India India is a land of many contrasts…
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…
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.…
by Rachel George What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks,…
When Funeka Soldaat went to the police after being raped, they beat her and put her in…
by Melanie Gallant Maxaquene is an impoverished neighborhood on the outskirts of Maputo, the capital of…
by Carsten Völz, Oxfam International Humanitarian DirectorThe Global Humanitarian Assistance report is eagerly anticipated by some of…
by Vanita Suneja The recent flash floods in Uttrakhand have already claimed around 1000 lives and…
by Winnie Byanyima I feel very privileged to have joined Oxfam International just as we adopt our…
by Ann Witteveen Since 1970 the number of people exposed to floods and tropical cyclones has…
Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million…
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…
by Hannah Stoddart At the beginning of its Land and Poverty Conference this week, the World Bank Group…
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…
by Caroline Gluck Amid a sea of male construction and site workers in Jordan’s sprawling Zaatari…
by Nidhi Tandon The first and greatest violence is the systematic exclusion of people – a great number of people – by society.…
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…
First question: How does Oxfam take the potential for gender-based violence into account when planning cash…