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Ahead of a high level Global Partnership for Education (GPE) meeting in Copenhagen today, Oxfam has called for rich country donors and the World Bank to put money on the table for basic education.

In six years time the number of people affected by climatic crises is projected to rise by 54 per cent to 375 million people, threatening to overwhelm the humanitarian aid system.

Reacting to the announcement on the withdrawal of Houthis and government forces from Hudaydah port in Yemen, Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey said:“The redeployment of forces from Hudaydah, as part of the Stockholm Agreement, and under UN observation would be a welcome step. However, the humanitarian situation in Yemen remains dire. With 14 million people on the brink of famine, Yemenis desperately need all parties to agree to an immediate country wide ceasefire and return to negotiations with a commitment to ending the war and achieving a lasting peace.” 

Many Syrian refugees living outside camps across countries in the region are losing out on the help they desperately need, according to five international aid agencies today.

The EU’s response to COVID-19 in the recovery package, and the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, are opportunities to help fix the broken global food system.

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Big business has the power to make or break a fair and safe global deal to fight climate change in December 2009.

The economic crisis continues to affect many women and men living in poverty.

International humanitarian agencies and donors have made a series of global commitments to local actors as part of the localization agenda. This briefing paper reviews 2015 national financial data for Bangladesh and Uganda to better understand how to target international investments in localization.

Responding to the election of José Graziano da Silva as Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Luca Chinotti, policy advisor for Oxfam’s GROW campaign said: