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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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Being a young Aboriginal woman in Australia today
Close the Gap campaign lead, Tom Widdup, finds out how — despite continued high levels of Indigenous disadvantage, and a...
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Women champions conserving the environment for the next generation
Honkeo has a big vision: to empower Indigenous communities and to help them conserve their natural resources for the next...
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These women are fighting against extreme poverty … with bananas.
Every day Irene would risk her life to water her crops and feed her children. Today, she's a co-producer at...
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Oxfam brings Mekong communities’ perspectives to the stage
Local communities can be resettled as a result of the building of dams -- and it effects men and women...
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Women’s right to decide: why oil, gas, and mining companies aren’t doing enough, and how that can change
Oxfam’s Community Consent Index looks at the public commitments of 38 oil, gas, and mining companies in relation to women’s...
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Her voice is strong: Nang Shining works to save 40,000 homes
In southern Myanmar, a dam is being built which will flood an area the size of Singapore and impact more...
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Two rivers, two women, one dream
Women are becoming frontline activists in the battle against the dams that threaten their communities: “We all have one dream....
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Straight Talk program empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Engaging with the political system can be daunting for most people, but with the help of Oxfam's Straight Talk program,...
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Good sanitation means more girls in school
On her way to school, Yusra negotiates the toxic human waste that lines the streets. The sanitation crisis in her...
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Our gender champions: a story of Sary and Polin
The Mekong river is a vital resource for poor and vulnerable people in the lower Mekong region, including essential water...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: the right to be heard.
Straight Talk is an Australian program that connects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with the political system and builds...
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Women leading the fight against climate change
Climate change affects us all, but it often impacts women the hardest. In many parts of the world it tends...
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