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About Oxfam
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GENDER EQUALITY
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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
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When an emergency hits, Oxfam is there to support livelihoods.
Carbon Inequality Kills
The world’s richest are disproportionately responsible for the climate crisis, and the poorest are bearing the brunt of its devastating effects. Oxfam’s new ‘Carbon Inequality Kills’ report reveals the stark reality of carbon inequality and its consequences for our planet.
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Learn moreOur stories
When you support Oxfam, you help create a world without the inequality that fuels poverty. Here's what that looks like for the communities we work with.
"We have to work together in term of conservation, because it will provide the long-term benefits for next generations."
Meet Siphon
"I knew that our next step forward was going to be to digitise our knowledge, just because of technology — that’s the way that it’s going.”
Meet Obby![Bangladesh: Munni is a tea garden worker and earns just 170 Taka [AU$2.30] per day. She has to take out loans in order to buy groceries and then struggles to pay these loans back. Munni attended training run by Oxfam partner organisation, Breaking the Silence, and says she has gained courage through this training. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Munni-crop.png "Bangladesh: Munni is a tea garden worker and earns just 170 Taka [AU$2.30] per day. She has to take out loans in order to buy groceries and then struggles to pay these loans back. Munni attended training run by Oxfam partner organisation, Breaking the Silence, and says she has gained courage through this training. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam")
“When meetings started here, I attended those and gradually gained courage.”
Meet Munni
“When I became involved with the VPride … it also helped to build up my confidence."
Meet Yannick
“I’m working with Oxfam on a project that supports women in rural areas to respond and adapt to natural disasters."
Meet Magda
“There were many classes such as on gender, fishery law, negotiation skills and training on fish ecology ... I think that is good for the community.”
Meet Chhorvy
"Being able to collaborate with the women all over the Kimberley and having women come from interstate as well, I think that’s just important — women coming together.”
Meet KatinaFor every $1 we spend
63c of every $1 goes to life changing work
Your donation will help people and communities survive today, prepare for tomorrow and change their future for the better.
Our work together
27c of every $1 goes towards raising the next
For every $1 we spend, 27c is invested on generating future income, helping us to fund even more vital work.
10c goes towards vital support costs
Just 10c in every $1 is used to keep Oxfam alive; paying our staff and our running costs.
News
Read the latest news and stories from Oxfam’s charity work around the globe.
Lorna Jane first brand in Oxfam’s What She Makes campaign to pay living wage to garment workers
Oxfam has congratulated Lorna Jane for being the first brand in the history of its What She Makes campaign to pay a living wage to all garment workers at their one apparel factory. The human rights organisation has been actively engaging with Lorna Jane for over two years, urging the brand to increase transparency and […]
Oxfam reaction to Knesset decision
In reaction to the Knesset passing bills banning UNRWA from operating in areas under Israel’s control, Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa said: “Israel has bombed Palestinians to death, maimed them, starved them, and is now ridding them of their biggest lifeline of aid. Piece by piece, Israel […]
One hour of emissions from Australian billionaires’ equals what average Australian emits in entire year
One hour of emissions from Australian billionaires’ super yachts and private jets equals what an average Australian emits in an entire year, a new Oxfam report reveals today. Globally, fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon in just 90 minutes than the average person does in their entire lifetime. The first-of-its-kind […]
