Youth and coronavirus in the Sahel: when mutual aid goes viral West Africa is struck by the coronavirus pandemic, as much by the virus itself as it is also struck by the impacts of measures put in place by governments to prevent the virus from spreading among the most vulnerable populations. But the region has a major asset: its youth who, in times of crisis, has chosen to mobilize and be part of the solution.
IFC found negligent of preventing harm to indigenous communities in Guatemala "The IFC can’t simply wash its hands of responsibility for upholding its own policies.
The EU’s role in fighting the inequality virus Blog by Chiara Putaturo The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for everyone.
Training, raising awareness, and reducing risk Edla Muga, a humanitarian support personnel with Oxfam Great Britain, speaks about Oxfam’s cyclone response in Mozambique in 2019 and the work to reduce safeguarding risks in emergencies.
Safe programming in humanitarian responses Since 2018, Oxfam has renewed its commitment to safeguarding, including strengthening policies, developing procedures, and focusing on ensuring that our programs and our staff do not cause harm to the individuals and communities we work with.
Improving safeguarding and culture at Oxfam Oxfam has developed an “Improving Safeguarding and Culture Plan” to drive its work over the next years. The plan aims to align our approach across the confederation and links our work on safeguarding, culture change, gender, programs and human resources, within an improved governance framework.
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