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Oxfam: Gaza on the brink of a major health crisis

Despite a pause in the month-long bombardment, the people of Gaza are facing a critical public health crisis due to the destruction and contamination of Gaza’s water supply, worldwide development organization Oxfam warned today.

Oxfam: Gaza crisis spiralling out of control

The crisis in Gaza is fast spiralling out of control with water supplies critically low and a public health crisis imminent, Oxfam warned today. The collapse of the latest brief ceasefire announcement means many more lives will be at risk.

Vanuatu women in Australia urge action on climate change

Australians can learn about how one of our Pacific neighbours is meeting the challenge of climate change at public events around the country from next week. Oxfam and CARE International are hosting a national speaking tour with Shirley Laban and Mala Silas, two women at the frontline of efforts to tackle climate change in Vanuatu. […]

Equal pay for women in 75 years? Oxfam urges G20 to act on gender gap

Women won’t be paid as much as men for another 75 years, Oxfam Australia said today in a new report that urges G20 leaders meeting in Australia later this year to tackle gender inequality. The G20 and gender equality – How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies, shows […]

ANZ should not leave Cambodian community ‘high and dry’

Oxfam has condemned ANZ’s cutting of ties to the Cambodian sugar company implicated in the use of child labour and causing food shortages after forcing hundreds of families off their land. ANZ – without warning to the affected communities or the NGOs that support them – has severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar after […]

CBA’s reputation faces another test

The Commonwealth Bank is again busily defending its damaged reputation only months after it was revealed it had been backing companies involved in grabbing land from poor communities in Brazil, Oxfam Australia said today.   The business practices and transparency of Commonwealth Bank are under question following the fallout from the bank’s slow response to a financial […]

Oxfam sends aid experts to Iraq

Oxfam has sent a team of regional experts to Iraq to set up an aid programme to help thousands of people forced to flee their homes due to the violence rocking the country.

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