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  • MENA billionaires’ wealth increased by $10 billion, enough to pay Beirut blast repair bill

    27 August 2020

    The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), all of them men, saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, almost double the estimated amount required to rebuild Lebanon's shattered capital, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report revealed today.

  • Ne’ama (32) from Russaife, Jordan, received a small business grant from CARE to scale up her grocery store. Photo: Aisha Shtiwi/Oxfam

    Balancing the books: including women and protecting refugees is essential to realizing small business growth in Jordan

    10 December 2017

    This joint agency paper presents research conducted among women and men small business owners in central and northern Jordan on the challenges they face. It aims to contribute to the economic self-reliance, resilience and stability of Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan.

  • Jamal, 23, from Mogadishu (Somalia) looks out across the ocean. Jamal had to flee his country because al-Shabab militiamen were trying to kill him. Photo: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

    'You aren't human any more': migrants expose the harrowing situation in Libya and the impact of European policies

    9 August 2017

    Oxfam has spoken to men and women who have spent months being beaten, tied up like animals and sold as cheap labour in Libya’s shocking slave trade. EU member states should ensure that migrants arrive safely in Europe where they can have access to a fair and transparent process for claiming asylum. 

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