Remittances to Yemen plummet as needs surge amid war and coronavirus Oxfam is calling on the international community to ensure funding both for Yemen’s coronavirus response and to address the country’s huge h
Governments must back WHO call to share vaccine information: Oxfam “The pharmaceutical industry’s attempt to rubbish the World Health Organisation’s initiative suggests that they care more for profits than people’s health,"
New swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa reeling from floods and coronavirus Oxfam warned today that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already suffering due to flooding and the impact of coronavirus, are at risk of increa
$10 billion raised to fund development of coronavirus vaccine Oxfam reaction to the announcement by the European Commission that $10.4 billion had been raised to fund the research and development of vaccines
Survivors and heroines: women in the crisis in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is currently experiencing one of the most rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the world, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study describes the impact of the conflict on women and looks at their role in strengthening social cohesion and building peace.
Over 1 million women in Burkina Faso caught between conflict and COVID-19 More than a million women and girls in Burkina Faso are facing increased sexual violence, hunger and water shortage as a result of th
Oxfam accelerates new strategic changes to its global operations Oxfam today announced that it is bringing forward a reorganization of its global operations as it implements its new strategic framework and adapts to the co
Violence and impunity in the West Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic Rather than demonstrating the urgency of achieving an equitable, rights-based resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the coronavirus pandemic has given cover to increased violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians and an accelerated effort by the Israeli government to formally annex Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
US scapegoating overshadows call for People’s Vaccine at World Health Assembly - Oxfam “We needed the World Health Assembly to unite behind a People’s Vaccine, not a Trump Administration seeking scapegoats for a pandemic it has mis-handled from