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Oxfam reports every six months against its Safeguarding and Culture Improvement Plan. The latest report covering the period April to Sept 2020 is published today.

In response to the announcement today that World Bank President David Malpass will step down from his position by the end of June, Nadia Daar, Head of Oxfam International’s Washington DC Office, said: “If shareholders really want to ‘evolve’ the World Bank, then here is their golden opportunity. Malpass’ successor must be hired based on an open, merit-based and transparent selection process rather than the 80-year-old gentleman's agreement which sees the job automatically go to someone from the US. This is critical for the credibility and future strength of multilateralism."

Keeping global warming to below 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels - as stipulated in the Paris Agreement - is essential if we are to avoid the worst impacts of the climate and ecological crisis. With people in the lowest-income countries already suffering disproportionately from the climate crisis, Oxfam recognises that, beyond advocating for action by world leaders, we have an urgent ethical responsibility to mitigate our own impact on the environment and ultimately on the very communities that we work with and serve. 

“Oxfam is deeply alarmed by the @theIPCinfo classification of famine in five areas of #Sudan. This is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises that remains tragically overlooked. The international community and conflict parties must act now to end the suffering and prevent further loss of life.”

Modern weapons and military equipment cannot be made or maintained without parts and components that are sourced and traded around the world.

Today, EU Development Ministers meeting at the Foreign Affairs Council approved conclusions on social protection in development cooperation.

Oxfam research presented in this report found that the rate of child, early and forced marriage in Nyal, South Sudan, is among the highest in the world. Action is urgently needed: including a long-term commitment and investment at community, national and international levels.

The European Commission published today a paper on how to raise the $100 billion per year pledged by rich countries at last year’s UN climate talks in Cancun to help poor countries protect

Meeting today in Brussels, European Finance Ministers failed to take bold action against tax evasion and avoidance, leaving a great deal still to be achieved at next week’s EU leaders’ summ

Today France and Germany’s leaders met in Paris to set out their