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Parliament House, Canberra: From left, Dr. Jackie Huggins, Close the Gap Campaign Co-Chair; Katarina Keeler, a Kokatha woman and registered nurse; Danielle Dries, a Kaurna-Meyunna woman, physiotherapist and final year medical student at the Australian National University; Dr. Artiene Tatian, an Arrente man from Central Australia and medical doctor at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney; and Mick Gooda, Close the Gap Campaign Co-Chair. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP Image/OxfamAUS

February 25, 2016

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...

Honkeo in her role as a Community Fishery Facilatator.

February 25, 2016

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...

Irene smiles with holding two of her children in Zambia

February 22, 2016

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...

November 3, 2015

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...

Women must be included in the community consent process

November 10, 2015

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...

Mekong dams threaten the ethnic group of Shan.

November 17, 2015

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...

Mae Sod leads the campaign against the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Sra Kor village.

October 5, 2015

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....

June 8, 2015

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,...

Yusra dressed as a doctor in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Photo: Sam Tarling/Oxfam

May 14, 2015

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...

April 8, 2015

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...

March 6, 2015

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...

International Women's Day. Photo: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam

March 6, 2015

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...