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Women across the globe are facing new threats which risk dismantling decades of hard-won rights and derailing the effort to end extreme poverty, Oxfam warns today. 

In response to the conclusion of the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain.

The Group of Seven leaders must agree on concrete steps to combat women’s economic inequality and make the economy work for women, said Oxfam on the eve of the summit in Quebec, Canada.

We campaign for feminist solutions that prioritise care, well-being, and freedom, putting people and the planet above profit, creating a world free from all forms of gender-based violence where women and queer people are valued in economic, climate, and social policies.

Malawi is one of the world’s least-developed countries, ranked number 166 of 177 countries in the UN Human Development Index.

Three hour lull in fighting will not redress the full-blown humanitarian crisis – only an immediate ceasefire will help. A group of leading international aid agencies called on both parties to end the killings and heed Ban Ki Moon’s appeal .

Most countries recognize Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating.

New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre, published today, finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive - for every 5 dollars they receive they are paying 7 dollars back.

Oxfam, Save the Children and Care are calling on donors to meet or exceed the proposed $5 million target to fund programmes that support vulnerable women and girls ahead of a donor conference in Beira, Mozambique on Friday 31 May.

Nyaluak Wiew presses both palms flat against the mud wall of her house, smoothing the wet clay in slow, circular motions. The afternoon light falls across her shoulders as she leans forward, careful not to let the mixture crack before it dries. The wall is cool under her hands. A shallow fire pit sits nearby, and thin branches support the roof above her.