Oxfam facing expulsion from northern Sudan
Oxfam is one of several major aid agencies facing expulsion from northern Sudan following the issue of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Oxfam is one of several major aid agencies facing expulsion from northern Sudan following the issue of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The Close the Gap coalition has welcomed the Rudd Government’s Report Card on closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes, in particular the $58.3 million over four years for eye and ear health – with a trachoma element – and the appointment of a Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services.
Women from all sides of politics will sit down with 88 Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander women from around the country to talk about the issues facing indigenous communities in an historic national summit held by international aid agency Oxfam Australia at Parliament House on Friday 27 February.
Each day that the AusAID Family planning guidelines remain in place, the capacity of Australian agencies to provide comprehensive reproductive health services to women and communities as part of our development assistance programs is impaired.
International aid agency Oxfam Australia is lending its expertise in responding to major disasters to help respond to the Victorian bushfire tragedy.
Emergency funding provided by international aid agency Oxfam for health services to halt the Narrogin suicide crisis ran out on Saturday.
With more than half of Zimbabwe’s population now dependent on food aid, Oxfam Australia is making a fresh appeal for donations to fund its work in the country.
A national strategy has to be shaped in partnership with Aboriginal groups.
The joint effects of cholera and food shortages are dragging Zimbabwe deeper into crisis with more than 300,000 people in danger from the cholera outbreak, and more than five million people dependent on food aid, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
After two weeks spent in frantic negotiations over commas and semi-colons, the climate negotiations at Poznan have taken only the barest shuffle towards Copenhagen, and on some crucial issues – like the targets for developed countries – have actually retreated from Bali.