At any given time, we are responding to over 30 emergency situations. We provide life-saving essentials in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster and to people affected by conflict, as well as long-term development support. You can help.
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Extreme inequality is hurting us all - damaging economic growth, fuelling crime, and squandering the hopes and ambitions of billions who are trapped at the bottom with no way out.
Did you know that at least one in three women will experience some form of violence during their lifetime? It is one of the most widespread violations of human rights and has long-term devastating effects. It is time to say ‘enough is enough’. Join us.
We help people caught up in natural disasters and conflicts across the world with clean water, food, sanitation and protection. At any given time, we are responding to over 30 emergency situations, giving life-saving support to those most in need.
Millions of people are being forced from their homes, risking everything to escape conflict, disaster, poverty or hunger. From those fleeing the war in Syria or climate change-induced droughts, to those stranded in inadequate conditions in Europe, you can help us give life-saving support to refugees in the countries where they need it most.
With no end in sight to the conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of people are living in desperate conditions and exposed to continuing violence. Today, half the pre-conflict population of 22 million Syrians have fled their homes and more than 13 million people urgently need your help.
Looking at the future: a father holds his daughter as he stands on a site from which local residents have recently been evicted to make way for new developments, close to luxury apartments in North Jakarta, Indonesia. In the past two decades, the gap between the richest and the rest in Indonesia has grown faster than in any other country in South-East Asia. Tiara Audina/Oxfam
The economic decisions that all governments make about how to raise and spend money have a direct impact on the lives of every citizen. When progressive governments allocate larger proportions of their domestic budget to funding essential public and social services or put in place high-quality aid provision for countries in need, this results in a decrease in poverty and inequality.
Our goal is to persuade governments to invest more, and better quality, funding in the fight against poverty and inequality, in the countries where we work and globally. This means holding governments to account for how they choose to spend money. We work alongside partners and allies to empower citizens, and especially women, building their capacity and confidence, so that they have what they need hold governments, donors and private sector organizations to account for how revenue is raised and spent.
By 2019, we want more women and men, girls and boys to exercise their right to universal quality health and education services, and to participate in strengthening the economic, social and democratic fabric of their societies. From involving citizens in the budget process to creating space for the voices of developing countries in global bodies and processes, Oxfam wants to see an economy that works for everyone not just for few.
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