Empowering women

Nearly 80% of Afghanistan’s peace tables exclude women

15 September 2020

Nearly eighty percent of Afghanistan’s past peace meetings since 2005 have left women completely out, a new joint report by Oxfam, Cordaid, and InclusivePeace, found today. As intra-Afghan peace talks with the Taliban kick off in Doha this week, without the meaningful participation of women, any sustainable peace efforts are at risk of failure.
With coronavirus, peace is more than ever a question of survival in Burkina Faso

11 May 2020

Since 2015, the crisis in Burkina Faso has continued to deteriorate. A committed woman living in a dramatic security context, Naomie Ouedraogo Bicaba is shaking up traditional thinking to make her contribution to the return of peace. With the coronavirus pandemic, peace is more than ever a question of survival in the country.
Gender justice and women’s rights

9 September 2019

Whether we are responding to an emergency, working on long terms projects with communities, or campaigning for lasting change, we tackle the inequality and deep-rooted discrimination that makes and keeps women poor.
The response to global hunger is tragically inadequate

2 April 2019

The “Global Report on Food Crises”, released today by the Food Security Information Network, says that more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger and required urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018. This is a human-made crisis caused by conflict, climate change, and a broken global food system, says Oxfam France’s Executive Director Cécile Duflot.
G7 must make the economy work for women

6 June 2018

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.
Governments, donors failing women farmers in climate change fight

12 October 2017

An Oxfam analysis of policies and public investments in six countries shows that women farmers are not getting the resources they need to feed their families and communities and adapt to climate change.
Enough is enough: Oxfam seeks to end violence against women and girls once and for all

24 November 2016

Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women and girls, said Oxfam today, as the agency launches a new global campaign called “Enough: Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls” to stop one of the most prolific human rights violations.