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In a context where the interplay of the economic crisis and socio-political challenges have pushed large segments of the population residing in Lebanon into poverty, weakened public health infrastructure and severely limited the availability, quality and affordability of essential services, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is gravely restricted. 

The international response to Syria is failing on three fronts – insufficient aid, meager resettlement offers and continued arms transfers – Oxfam warns in a report published today.

Oxfam in Lebanon undertook a self-reported digital needs assessment (DNA) to generate an intersectional, and evidence-based understanding of multi-sectoral needs of people affected by the war.

Despite the announcement (and then extension) of a ceasefire agreement, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued unabated and Israeli forces continue to expand their occupation in southern Lebanon, as well as widening the range of Lebanese towns impacted by forced displacement orders, aggravating the rate of displacement across the country.

Western and other rich countries should step up their efforts to resettle Syrian refugees, Oxfam said today after the number registered with UNHCR reached three million.

Loss has become a constant theme in my life since Israel’s genocide in Gaza which saw war come again to Lebanon.  It has remained with me ever since. On October 13, 2023, my friend Issam Abdalla was targeted and killed by an Israeli missile while reporting on Israel’s early attacks on Southern Lebanese villages. The loss and grief were palpable.  The murder of a very dear friend with total impunity, and with whom I shared dreams for the future, brought so much unresolved anger and deep injustice. It is heart crushing to live with this…

One month since the massive blast in Beirut, tens of thousands of vulnerable people are unable to rebuild their homes, with a single front door costing two months’ worth of a minimum-wage salary, warned Oxfam today. 

In a joint report released today, Forced Displacement Orders: Debunking the Myth of Humane Attacks, ActionAid and Oxfam reveal that so-called evacuation orders between September 23rd and October 31s may amount to a campaign of forcible transfer—a grave breach of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).