Romila, 35, walked miles to reach the water-distribution point in Burigoyalini.

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In our deeply unequal world, millions of people are living in, and dying from, hunger every year. The coronavirus has added fuel to the fire of this growing food crisis. If we don't act now, up to 12,000 people per day could die from hunger driven by the pandemic before the end of the year. We need #ZeroCases and #ZeroHunger.

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No country should be forced to choose between paying back debts or providing health care

Last year 64 of the world's poorest countries spent more on paying back debts to rich countries and financial institutions than on health care. Join us, and thousands of other campaigners around the world in calling for G20 leaders to #CancelThe Debt and help fight COVID-19 in the most vulnerable countries.

5 things you need to know about carbon inequality

The over-consumption of a wealthy minority is fueling the climate crisis. Extreme carbon inequality has driven the world close to exceeding the 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreement. Here are 5 reasons why urgent action is needed now if we want to stop runaway global heating and build fairer economies within the limits our planet can bear.

Reducing inequality: what is your country doing to tackle the gap between rich and poor?

The coronavirus pandemic has swept across a world that was already profoundly unequal.The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2020 shows that no country in the world was doing enough to tackle inequality prior to the pandemic. This is helping to fuel the crisis and has increased the vulnerability of people living in poverty, especially women.

The Hunger Virus: " Abysmally low” funding for 55m people facing extreme hunger in seven worst-affected countries

The threat of “COVID famines” and widespread extreme hunger are setting off every alarm bell within the international community, but so far sluggish funding of the UN's appeal is hampering humanitarian agencies’ efforts to deliver urgent assistance to people in need.

IMF paves way for new era of austerity post-COVID-19

84 percent of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) COVID-19 loans encourage, and in some cases require, poor countries hard hit by the economic fallout from the pandemic to adopt more tough austerity measures in the aftermath of the health crisis, warned Oxfam today.

New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality left majority of world’s countries woefully unprepared for COVID-19

Very low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labor rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were woefully ill-equipped to deal with COVID-19, reveals new analysis from Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) today.

The power of people against poverty

Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together, we save, protect and rebuild lives when disaster strikes. We help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. we take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

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