Monsoon rains – the worst in 122 years – have inundated major rivers in northeastern Bangladesh and submerged thousands of houses, impacting 4.3 million people. The worst is yet to come as flooding worsens and access to impacted areas is hampered, warns Oxfam today. “Tens of thousands of people in 10 districts are now trapped […]
Responding to news that governments at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed a deal on patents for COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries, Max Lawson, Co-Chair of the People’s Vaccine Alliance and Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam, said: “This is absolutely not the broad intellectual property waiver the world desperately needs to ensure access to […]
The United Nations and all other humanitarian actors have spent 15 years delivering humanitarian support to 2.1 million Palestinians blockaded inside Gaza, and yet, there is still no sustained collective political action or will to resolve it. In those 15 years, the international community has spent an estimated $ 5.7 billion in Gaza just to […]
The amount of money required to respond to the increasing impacts of climate change-related extreme weather events like floods and drought is now eight times higher than 20 years ago, and the global community is failing to keep up, a new Oxfam report today reveals. Average annual extreme weather-related humanitarian funding appeals rose to an […]
As Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy MP, is welcomed to the Australian Government’s ministry, a new group of Australian NGOs – known as ‘The Ripple Project’ – has set an ambition to increase Australian aid through legislated targets. Seeking to build public and cross-party political support for graduated increases to aid […]
Oxfam has congratulated Myer for taking important steps towards ensuring the payment of a living wage to garment workers. The human rights organisation has been actively engaging with Myer for five years, encouraging the brand to be more transparent as part of its What She Makes campaign. Myer has now published its factory list for […]
As Australians have faced rising cost of living pressures, we have seen five new billionaires minted in a single year. Every 30 hours, a new billionaire was created during the pandemic; the same rate at which a million people could fall into extreme poverty this year, a new Oxfam brief today reveals. Profiting from Pain […]
Commenting on the 2022 federal election result, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said: “Oxfam congratulates all candidates elected to the Australian parliament, including our new Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and his Labor government. “Australians have made clear their desire for a different kind of parliament to confront the challenges facing us. They want […]
One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today highlighting the world’s repeated failure to stave off preventable disasters. More than a decade since the delayed response to the 2011 famine that killed more […]
The annual Brisbane Trailwalker event has been cancelled due to impacts of the recent devastating floods in south-east Queensland and northern NSW. The endurance event had been scheduled to take place from 17 to 19 June from Mount Glorious to Mount Coot-Tha. Oxfam Australia’s Acting Chief Executive, Andrew Buchanan, said local communities were currently […]