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Oxfam is responding to deadly cyclone Idai, which tore through southern Africa and devastated Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Hundreds of people have died, many more are still missing and millions have been left destitute without food or basic services. A second disaster, Cyclone Kenneth, has now hit northern Mozambique – another massive blow to the country. Please give what you can today and help us save lives.

At a time of great need, aid and other forms of development cooperation are at risk. Representatives from donor countries and developing countries alike will meet at the end of 2016 to discuss the way forward. The direction they take has the potential to affect millions of lives, for better or worse.

Developed as an input to the consultation being held by the World Bank on the concept note for its new Gender Strategy 2016 - 2021, this document details Oxfam's priorities for the World Bank's gender work going forward, and its responses to the specific consultation questions.

In response to the UNHCR's announcement tha

Oxfam is preparing to respond to Super Typhoon Haima as it heads for the northern Philippines, should assistance be requested. Millions of Filipinos could be affected if the huge storm maintained its current course.

The declaration approved by world leaders taking part in the UN's first-ever summit on refugees and migrants falls short of what is needed.

International agency Oxfam today welcomed the visit of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, to Liberia, as it called on the international community to pay greater attention to the worsening refugee crisis in the country.

Growth is necessary but not sufficient to lift poor people out of poverty, international agency Oxfam said today as it published a briefing paper calling on the G20 to agree an historic new Seoul development consensus to help the world’s poorest.

Domestic workers have long carried the weight of households, families, and societies on their shoulders, often in silence and invisibility. For decades, their labour was undervalued and their rights denied. 

Oxfam today revealed that just over a quarter of the taxes that could be raised each year from money currently hidden away in tax havens would be enough to lay the foundation for ending global hunger.