As Typhoon Rammasun today tears its way across the Philippines, Oxfam has warned that there are insufficient evacuation centres in the disaster-prone country to keep people safe.
In a village near Faizabad in India, 32-year-old mother of three, Manju Tiwari, works hard as a farmer, growing a wide variety of produce, including sugar cane, rice, wheat and potatoes. “Women do the majority of the work. We do domestic work and we also work in the field. We do everything but our work […]
Across the world, women continue to earn less than men and do the majority of unpaid work. An Oxfam report today finds that gender equality is far from a reality, in rich and poor countries alike. One of the most alarming figures is that at the current rate of progress, it will be 75 years […]
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 […]
One of Australia’s toughest charity events, Oxfam Trailwalker, is back to take on Perth this year and there’s not long left to sign up with registrations closing this month.
Three years after achieving independence, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is deepening and the risk of famine will continue to edge closer unless urgent action is taken immediately, international aid agency Oxfam warned today.
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 […]
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 has been forced to cut essential assistance to over 6,500 vulnerable Syrian refugee families living in Jordan and warns that millions more face an uncertain future with aid agencies unable to adequately respond due to government donor fatigue. Speaking ahead of the UN’s launch of its reviewed aid appeal for the Syria crisis, Oxfam’s […]
The last week of June is the most popular time for Australians to make charitable donations and those donations have a real impact on people living in poverty, international aid agency Oxfam said today.