Multinational enterprises, including Australian companies, will be required to take greater responsibility to make sure their operations do not harm human rights, under the latest updated Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines.
Today 3things, an initiative of Oxfam Australia, launched its new look website (3things.org.au), an innovative online platform run by young people for young people to engage in social justice issues and find solutions.
In the city of Pune in western India more than 6000 families survive on rubbish. They live on the money earned by workers – most of whom are women – who collect, sort and sell waste to scrap traders. Exclusively from low-caste groups, often known as ”untouchables”, these waste pickers are vulnerable to extreme poverty, including disease and hunger.
Oxfam Australia today welcomed the start of the national dialogue to formally recognise the special and unique place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples hold in our nation.
Retired High Court Judge and Monash alumnus, the Honourable Michael Kirby, is to launch a research and education collaboration between Monash University and Oxfam Australia that will deliver innovative solutions to issues facing people living in poverty.
The budget is a win, but other avenues need to be explored.
Tomorrow marks World Fair Trade Day, which each year sees people from around the world join together to campaign for the rights of small producers, farmers and artisans.
International development agency Oxfam Australia has applauded the Government’s move to increase the aid budget and stay on track to meet the bipartisan commitment to the world’s poorest people.
Oxfam Australia Executive Director Andrew Hewett said: “This is a good news story. The money will save lives and help some of the world’s poorest men, women and children.
Coalition forces are not doing enough to prevent abuses by Afghan forces and have been too slow to address the issue as they prepare to hand over responsibility for security to the Afghan government, Oxfam and other agencies said today.
International development agency Oxfam Australia will be watching tomorrow night’s budget to see if Australia remains on track to meeting its aid promise to the world’s poorest people.