Zara, European brands exploit workers in Bangladesh
A new report shows that women producing for top European retailers, including Zara, are struggling to survive on poverty wages.
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Clean water for Dadaab’s most vulnerable
Oxfam is at Dadaab, supplying Somalian refugees on the camp's outskirts with desperately needed water. Check out our photo gallery to see our specialist staff at work.
Are corporations helping the global water crisis?
Oxfam Australia have joined the global campaign calling for a critique of transnational corporations that are shaping the global response to the world water crisis.
My thoughts on democracy and protest
As workers, getting our message or opinion across to multinational corporations can be difficult. This is what makes the role of protests so important...
Famine in Somalia: what does it mean?
Famine in East Africa: what does it mean, exactly? When does a food crisis become a famine, and what are the factors behind it? What can be done about it? With the UN declaring famine in parts of Somalia, we thought it was time for some explanations.
Seventy tons of aid sets off for Ethiopia food crisis
On 17 July, a huge batch of life-saving aid was dispatched to drought-stricken Ethiopia from Oxfam's Bicester warehouse, including water, sanitation equipment and plastic sheeting for shelter. Take a look at our slide show to get some idea of the shipment's scale.
GROW with us in Tas
Join the movement for a future where everyone has enough to eat, always, by attending Oxfam’s Future of Food forum in Tasmania.
What the Arms Trade Treaty means for me: John ToGuata
As the negotiations over the Arms Trade Treaty continue, we speak to another of the Pacific representatives - John ToGuata from Papua New Guinea - to find out what an effective ATT would mean to him.
“A better life will come”: bringing water to Hindeysa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit by the drought currently affecting East Africa. But for a small village in Somali region, the construction of a borehole has brought not only water but a sense of optimism too.
How to live well with a price on carbon
What does a carbon tax mean, why do we need one, and how can households reduce its impact? Find out at this public forum: How to live well with a price on carbon.
