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Contrary to the positive picture painted by the International Monetary Fund in its 2010 World Economic Outlook, poor countries are being forced to cut back on their economic crisis-response spending too soon.

Today marks a historic day in Somalia, as parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, as the country's new president.

Reacting to remarks by new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the Brookings Institution in Washington today, Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: 

 Commenting on the publication of the …

Amidst the ongoing crisis on both sides of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Rohingya women are actively supporting their rights and wellbeing, and those of their families and communities. However, their efforts are going unrecognized by those involved in delivering humanitarian assistance and developing political solutions to the crisis. This must change.

In this report we aim to provide an overview when addressing the geopolitics of technology and offer some keys that will help us to better understand an ever-changing, accelerating dynamic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that governments can take extraordinary measures to protect their citizens when spurred to action. We need to see more of this to address gender-based violence. We need to make the world safer for women, girls, and LGBTQI+ people. Here are five brilliant questions you asked about Oxfam’s recent report and our work on gender justice.

Oxfam envisions a positive digital future: a vibrant, creative, dynamic, and innovative ecosystem that is safe, secure, and built on a foundation of trust and human rights.

Christine Lagarde gave the go ahead for 3 countries affected by Ebola to increase their fiscal deficit.Nicolas Mombrial, head of Oxfam’s DC office said,"Who would have thought that IMF would ever give the green light to countries— even affected by a terrible epidemic— to increase their fiscal deficits? It is jaw-dropping.”“With the recent IMF discourse on inequality, gender, climate, it raises hope of a new IMF that has moved past the Washington Consensus and its promotion of austerity policies to prioritizing the needs of those at the bottom of the…

The recent World Trade Organization deal made in Nairobi fails to deliver what is urgently needed, while the US and the EU continue to push for regional rather than international agreements, said Oxfam International's Campaigns and Advocacy Director, Celine Charveriat.