In 2011, some members of Oxfam staff in Haiti acted in a way that was totally unacceptable and is the most appalling mark against the high values we set ourselves at Oxfam. Oxfam’s priority is to stand fully by the survivors of such reprehensible behaviour – and to ensure that such behaviour is absolutely rooted […]
Refugees and residents in the Afrin district of Syria are trapped between warring parties on the border with Turkey without any protection or proper medical supplies, Oxfam warned today. The international agency called for safe access for humanitarian relief as the co-chair of the Health Council in Afrin province Angela Rasho reported that civilians there […]
Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke’s outstanding service to social justice has been recognised by the award of the Officer of Order of Australia (AO), announced in today’s Honours List. The pre-eminent award commends Dr Szoke for “distinguished service to social justice through roles within human rights, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity organisations, to health […]
A record number of Australian billionaires amassed an astonishing $38 billion increase in their wealth last financial year – enough money to pay for more than half of Federal public health spending, an Oxfam Australia briefing paper has revealed. The briefing paper, Growing Gulf Between Work and Wealth, shows the number of Australian billionaires increased […]
Yemen’s northern ports have only imported just over half the country’s monthly food supply and only 18 per cent of its fuel supply since a Saudi led-coalition’s blockade was temporarily lifted three-and-a-half weeks ago, Oxfam said today. The continued restrictions of vital supplies further endangers the 8.4 million people living on the brink of famine […]
The leading brands selling uniforms as Australian families prepare to get back to school are turning over billions of dollars each year, while the women working making the clothes are paid poverty wages and struggling to give their children the basics, Oxfam Australia said today. Oxfam Australia labour rights manager Joy Kyriacou said Kmart, Target, […]
In response to the cholera outbreak in Yemen hitting the one million suspected cases mark, Oxfam is appalled at this horrifying new record for the impoverished country devastated by more than 1,000 days of war. Shane Stevenson, Oxfam’s Country Director in Yemen, said: “It’s a disgrace that in the 21st century, an easy-to-treat disease like cholera […]
Yemen is being pushed ever closer to famine after 1,000 days of a brutal war, exacerbated by a crippling blockade of key northern ports that is starving its people of food, fuel and medicine, Oxfam warned today. Around 90 per cent of Yemen’s food has to be imported, and since a Saudi-led coalition imposed a […]
Rohingya refugees interviewed by Oxfam in Bangladesh say they will not go back to Myanmar until their safety can be guaranteed and they have equal rights, including being able to work and travel freely, according to a report released today. The report, “I still don’t feel safe to go home”: Voices of Rohingya refugees, found […]
New Oxfam research has found that Australians dread the mass consumption associated with Christmas (facing the crowds at shopping centres and giving and receiving unnecessary gifts) and the majority would consider making changes to how they do Christmas if it would help the environment.