PinnedWhy Fighting Inequality Is at the Heart of Oxfam’s New Global 10-Year StrategyBy 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…Inequality5 min read
Jun 20In the path of the bulldozers: COBHRA helps communities defend their rightsby 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 Rights4 min read
Jun 17Explaining Oxfam’s Projections for Extreme Poverty in 2022by 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…Inequality9 min read
Feb 14LOVE 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 Day5 min read
Dec 10, 2021Interview with Eco Feminist Activist Safa’ Al JayoussiDevising 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 Change4 min read
Dec 3, 2021Changing the Untold Narrative of Child BridesBY ANA MARIE CASPE 1 in 7 Filipino girls are married before reaching 18 years old, the age of consent set by Philippine laws. Imagine a 10-year-old girl marrying a man who is 20 years older than her. Because of this, the girl was never able to go to school…Child4 min read
Dec 3, 2021Dialogues on Caring Economies and Movement Building for a Gender Just Recovery — Rehema PatricksDevising Solutions to Climate change; Transforming Systems of Power Rehema Patricks is a feminist, human rights activist, and an avid writer. She leads a feminist initiative that aims to addresses systematic and structural issues at the root of inequalities, poverty, and conflict faced by women. We are all familiar with…Feminist4 min read
Nov 29, 2021Defending Women Human Rights Defenders From Gender-Based ViolenceAuthored by Amina Hersi, Bashiratu Kamal, Fish Ip Pui-yu, Vivian Ouya and Khawla Bouaziz. Content warning: This content contains graphic references to gender-based and sexual violence. Today is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. The conversation about gender-based violence is not complete without calling attention to violence and reprisals that…Gender Based Violence7 min read
Nov 8, 2021My Climate ActivismBy Oladosu Adenike; Founder of ILeadClimate The climate crisis is a reality of our time and the time to act is now! I schooled in the food basket of the nation in Benue state, Nigeria; that has a fertile landscape and vegetative cover and this is located in the Northern…Climate2 min read
Nov 5, 2021The Kids Will Be Alright (if we’re not lost and damaged by COP-26)This op-ed is directed at decision-makers at COP-26. It has been co-created this week by 60 young people from all over the world, to make a unified call for climate justice. Most of us didn’t grow up speaking English and we had not met each other before. Yet in just…Cop 264 min read
