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The collapse of Gaza’s hospitals and healthcare system, coupled with the catastrophic living conditions, is resulting in babies dying of preventable causes, Oxfam warned today.  Newborns up to three months old are dying of diarrhoea, hypothermia, dehydration and infection as mothers have little to no medical support and are living in appalling conditions without water, sanitation, heat or food.  

Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Inequality is out of control.

Amidst jubilant celebration, the new Republic of South Sudan entered the international stage in July 2011 albeit as one of the least developed countries in the world.

A group of global artists, activists and business leaders have signed a joint letter urging world leaders to step up their response to the famine in the Horn of Africa. They call on them to act “without reservation, prevarication or equivocation” when they meet at an emergency summit in Rome today.

Today, 26 EU leaders agreed on a revision to the EU’s long-term budget, with one EU country blocking the agreement. If confirmed in the new year, the deal would slash the new funding for external action proposed by the European Commission and supported by the European Parliament by prioritizing investment in migration management instead. 

We are sad to announce that, as of 30 September 2018, Oxfam Japan has shut down its operations, dissolved Oxfam Japan as a corporate entity, and withdrawn from the Oxfam Confederation.Oxfam Japan was established as a non-profit corporation in 2003 and formally became an affiliate of Oxfam International in…

Power SharingWe recognize power and privilege within the organization, challenge unbalanced power dynamics and actively facilitate the space for people from the global south, particularly women and people from diverse gender identities championing gender equality, to lead.The Personal Is PoliticalWe recognize that challenging patriarchy, white suprem-acy, racism, neo-liberalism and colonialism in its various expressions ot power abuse, exclusion and oppression, begins with questioning and changing ourselves. We are all inherently part of these larger systems and…

Universal Health Coverage has risen to the top of the global health agenda. At its core, Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health.

After struggling to find work as an engineering graduate, a young Ethiopian entrepreneur turned his tiny backyard into a vertical poultry farm.

Governments in Geneva took a step to alleviate the suffering of millions of people who are victims of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, yet financial support is not enough.