basic social services

West Africa: extreme inequality in numbers

9 July 2019

Despite an impressive economic growth, inequality has reached extreme levels in the West Africa region. The rich have grown richer while the poor have become even poorer. Yet the West African governments are the least committed to reducing inequality of any on the continent. Find out more and take action.
Oxfam reaction to UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2015

8 April 2015

New report reveals inequality in education persists. Oxfam calls for firm political and financial commitments for free, public education systems to end inequality.
Oxfam Response to IMF Managing Director Press Conference

9 October 2014
Donors fail education test but poor countries get a good grade at key pledging conference

26 June 2014

The support required to get 57 million children into primary school fell more than a billion dollars short of its target – that’s the disappointing outcome of the Global Partnershi
Aid must work better for Afghans in the next decade

6 July 2012

Development gains made in Afghanistan over the last decade are in danger of being thrown away if levels of aid fall away in conjunction with the withdrawal of international troops in 2014.
Long-term future of World Health Organization at risk from financial crisis

18 May 2012

Ahead of the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place in Geneva next week, International agency Oxfam has warned that the fundamental role of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the leading agency for global health is at risk because it has suffered from a severe financial crisis and related heavy staff losses.
Oxfam reaction to the “1000 Days to Improve Child Nutrition” MDG Summit side event

21 September 2010

Oxfam reaction to the “1000 Days to Improve Child Nutrition” MDG Summit side event, co-hosted by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Micheal Martin, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister: <
Europe is missing in action when it should be leading the charge

17 June 2010

2010 saw Europe missing their poverty targets and today Heads of State compounded this by failing to put new commitments on the table to achieve their 2015 aid targets and keep their promises to the world’s poorest people.
President Karzai’s new government must deliver on schools, midwives and police

3 November 2009

The new Afghan government must urgently devote greater resources to building up to 6,000 new schools, training upwards of 5,000 new midwives and professionalizing the police force, according to aid agencies working throughout Afghanistan.
World leaders announce free health care lifeline for millions

23 September 2009

New York - Millions were thrown a lifeline at special session at the United Nations today, when world leaders unveiled a plan for free health care in poor countries.