One of Afghanistan’s most senior police officers has joined forces with Oxfam to urge the Australian Government not to desert the women of Afghanistan by pulling all Australian Federal Police assistance to the country.
The Abbott Government has torn up its promise to increase aid to those who need it most by handing down a budget that will overturn Australia’s investment in tackling major regional challenges, including poverty and inequality.
South Sudan’s ceasefire agreement must be adhered to in order to prevent the war-torn country’s hunger
crisis spiralling further out of control, Oxfam said.
Humanitarian disasters like the typhoon in the Philippines six months ago today have cost the world economy nearly $2 trillion over the last 20 years, and brought the humanitarian system to the brink of collapse, warns a new report.
The Commission of Audit report, released today by the Government, supports Oxfam Australia’s view that a strong, growing and well managed aid program focused on reducing poverty is in Australia’s national interests.
ANZ’s bumper $3.4 billion profit announced this morning comes days after an Oxfam report called on the bank to provide compensation to families and communities who have lost land, homes and livelihoods because of land grabbing practices by ANZ backed companies in South East Asia.
Six months on from the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, Government of the Philippines plans to relocate more than 200,000 people are failing to consider how these people will find employment, make money and feed their families.
Australia’s big four banks are backing companies accused of kicking people off their land, leaving them homeless and hungry, Oxfam Australia said today.
The anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse should act as a wake-up call to companies sourcing from Bangladesh to do more to improve worker safety, Oxfam Australia said today.
The safety of seven million people in South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating. Oxfam says the Government of South Sudan and parties to the conflict must immediately agree to a ceasefire. The international community needs to step up efforts to help stop the conflict and saves lives with a massive injection of emergency aid.