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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.
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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.
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“Their homes had been razed to the ground”
I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like when the temperatures hit the extremes – snow in...
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Oxfam Raises Awareness of Children in Informal Settlements in Creative Ways
The Voice team accompanied a group of Oxfam’s team working in informal settlements inhabited by Syrian refugees in an area...
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Interview with Mr Chheng: the man working within the system
By Robin Narciso, Oxfam Australia Oxfam Australia, WWF and the Danish Government Aid Agency (Danida) have been collaborating with Cambodia’s...
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I was told “people are poor because they are lazy”
Ibu Silosor’s husband is a fisherman. He leaves the beach and “is at his Bagan [a wooden fishing platform out...
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Women like Maleana need the support others have
Women play a vital role in the global food system and produce a large proportion of the food we eat;...
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Promoting sustainable farming
Women work together to bring in the rice harvest. Small-scale farmers often work on each others’ land during the busy...
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Life can change for small-scale farmers like Halima
High in the mountains of Lushoto in northern Tanzania, life has been very hard for Halima Shabani. Feeding and sending...
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The Impact of Mekong Dams on Women
One of our areas of work in the Mekong Region is ‘Hydropower and Gender’. But what does the construction of...
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Ending hunger: the women of Lembata
One in eight people go hungry every day. Unbelievably, 80% of those going hungry are food producers; small-scale farmers, fishermen...
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Surprise over the Mekong Dams: Oxfam is Turning the Tide
The first thing that my supervisor did when I got back from my field trip last week was to place...
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‘Mining has a masculine face’ – the impact of mining on women
By Christina Hill, Mining Advocacy Coordinator Oxfam’s work shows that the impacts of mining are not gender neutral. Women often...
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How many villages is your dam worth?
By Robin Narciso – an Oxfam volunteer in Phnom Penh How would you feel if you woke up in the...
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