The rate of child, early and forced marriage in Nyal, South Sudan, is among some of the highest in the world.

Ending gender-based violence is possible

Before the Covid-19 pandemic 1 in 3 women experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Covid-19 only made this shocking picture even worse. It’s time to turn apathy into action and make the world safer for women and girls.

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There is nothing equal about the climate crisis

Destructive weather, rising seas, unprecedented fires and historic famines. Climate change is happening now. It is one of the most harmful drivers of worsening hunger, migration, poverty and inequality all over the world. Despite this, governments have delayed action to tackle the climate crisis to focus instead on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Facing impossible choices: women bear the brunt of hunger

Overall, 155 million people around the world are living in crisis levels of food insecurity or worse. Around two out of every three of these people are going hungry primarily because their country is in war and conflict. Women and girls are disproportionally affected. They face extraordinary dangers to secure food, and yet, too often eating last and eating least. This is their story.

Why we need a People’s Vaccine

A year ago, the barrier to beating Covid-19 was science. Today it is inequality. Rich countries are hoarding vaccines and protecting the profits of their pharmaceutical corporations instead of saving lives. Covid anywhere is Covid everywhere. To end this pandemic, we need a vaccine that is free, fair, and available to all. We need a People’s Vaccine.

Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response

A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world to which too many governments and donors are not doing enough to tackle.

Reaction to Pfizer’s announcement of voluntary licenses of its COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid to the Medicines Patent Pool

In reaction to Pfizer’s announcement of voluntary licenses of its COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid to the Medicines Patent Pool, People’s Vaccine Alliance spokesperson and Oxfam America’s Senior Advocacy Advisor, Robbie Silverman, said: “Pfizer’s announcement to voluntarily licence the COVID treatment Paxlovid is welcome but is far from enough."

Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna making $1,000 profit every second while world’s poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated

New figures from the Peoples Vaccine Alliance reveal that the companies behind two of the most successful COVID vaccines – Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna – are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute. The figures based on the latest company reports are released as CEOs from pharmaceutical industry meet for the annual STAT summit —the equivalent of a ‘Big Pharma Davos’— from 16-18 November.

The power of people against poverty

Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together, we save, protect and rebuild lives when disaster strikes. We help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. we take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

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