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Why Fighting Inequality Is at the Heart of Oxfam’s New Global 10-Year Strategy

By Gabriela Bucher, Executive Director of Oxfam International Just imagine, looking back to a time when COVID-19 brought us together. Leaders who united to overcome a health crisis also gained the courage to avert climate catastrophe. The unstoppable global movements of #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos, climate strikers, workers, more, realized their…

Inequality

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Why Fighting Inequality Is at the Heart of Oxfam’s New Global 10-Year Strategy
Why Fighting Inequality Is at the Heart of Oxfam’s New Global 10-Year Strategy
Inequality

5 min read


Jun 19

Can we really save only half of all people on the planet? Without a gender focus, climate solutions are bound to fail

By: Dana Stefov, Women’s Rights Policy & Advocacy Specialist, Oxfam After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, the Horn of Africa is facing its most severe drought in 40 years, and it is getting worse. More than 20 million people are facing severe food insecurity, and over 16.3 million alarming water…

Climate Change

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Can we really save only half of all people on the planet?
Can we really save only half of all people on the planet?
Climate Change

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Dec 9, 2022

The Price of Austerity, Thrice Over

Written by Kazi Zaved Khalid Pasha Joy, Initiative for Right View (IRV) In Bangladesh, women from Indigenous communities are hit hardest and supported the least: How can we capture these realities to prevent the triple violence of indiscriminate austerity? Within the indigenous communities in Bangladesh, women pay the price thrice…

Womens Rights

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The Price of Austerity, Thrice Over
The Price of Austerity, Thrice Over
Womens Rights

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Nov 14, 2022

Asian Development Bank must live up to its Pledge.

Oxfam recently published a report titled, ‘Climate finance in Asia: Assessing the state of climate finance in one of the world’s most climate vulnerable regions.’ It reveals that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the largest single multilateral provider of climate finance to Asia, committing $24.6 bn between 2013–2020, or…

Cop27

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Asian Development Bank must live up to its Pledge
Asian Development Bank must live up to its Pledge
Cop27

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Aug 19, 2022

Three Ways to Reinforce Resilience Building in Face of Yemen’s Colliding crises.

From helping small business owners get back on their feet, to securing water supplies, to building climate resilience, Oxfam in Yemen is supporting conflict-affected families through difficult times. Last rainy season, Mohammed, 22, a barber from Reef Ibb, was forced to close his shop. Heavy rains caused widespread damage that…

World Humanitarian Day

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Three Ways to Reinforce Resilience Building in Face of Yemen’s Colliding crises.
Three Ways to Reinforce Resilience Building in Face of Yemen’s Colliding crises.
World Humanitarian Day

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Aug 4, 2022

Unnoticed: A Woman’s Trauma

By Nour Shawaf, Humanitarian Programme Coordinator, Oxfam in Lebanon At 18:07 on August 4th 2020, I was stripped of my last drop of milk. Liam, my 3-month-old son and I were now used to our daily routine. At six o’clock, it was our breastfeeding time again. I sat in our…

Lebanon

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Unnoticed: A Woman’s Trauma
Unnoticed: A Woman’s Trauma
Lebanon

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Jun 20, 2022

In the path of the bulldozers: COBHRA helps communities defend their rights

by Caroline Brodeur A powerful tool for helping communities stand up to corporate interests just got better. What do you do when your land or your community stands between a big company and its plans to make a profit? Whether they’re proposing a mine expansion or a pipeline or a…

Human Rights

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In the path of the bulldozers: COBHRA helps communities defend their rights
In the path of the bulldozers: COBHRA helps communities defend their rights
Human Rights

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Jun 17, 2022

Explaining Oxfam’s Projections for Extreme Poverty in 2022

by Max Lawson This blog responds to Noah Smiths’ Substack criticism of Oxfam’s extreme poverty numbers Dear Noah, First of all, I would like to thank you for the scrutiny of our numbers, which I really believe increases accountability. As we did a couple of years ago, I would have…

Inequality

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Explaining Oxfam’s Projections for Extreme Poverty in 2022
Explaining Oxfam’s Projections for Extreme Poverty in 2022
Inequality

9 min read


Feb 14, 2022

LOVE IS DISMANTLING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION

“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move toward freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others”. bell hooks In 2021 “what is love” was one of the world’s most Googled questions[1]. Although the concept has been around for millennia, defining and understanding it remains relevant…

Valentines Day

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LOVE IS DISMANTLING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION
LOVE IS DISMANTLING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION
Valentines Day

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Dec 10, 2021

Interview with Eco Feminist Activist Safa’ Al Jayoussi

Devising Solutions to Climate change; Transforming Systems of Power By Farah Kobaissy Safa’ Al Jayoussi is an international award winning advocate and leading regional campaign advisor on climate and energy. Since 2008, she has been an official climate change negotiations observer under the UNFCCC, and became a reference for Arab…

Climate Change

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Interview with Eco Feminist Activist Safa’ Al Jayoussi
Interview with Eco Feminist Activist Safa’ Al Jayoussi
Climate Change

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