Oxfam Press Releases

Oxfam delivers million-signature ‘Make Rich Polluters Pay’ petition to Brazil's climate minister at COP30

Today, Oxfam and activist partners at COP30 delivered over a million signatures of a petition demanding that the super-rich pay for climate damages to Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. The petition is part of the ‘Make …

Oxfam Pilipinas responds to Typhoon Kalmaegi, as country braces for another potential super Typhoon

Responding to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) and a potential Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name Uwan), which could hit the country by this weekend or early next week, Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director said: “ …

REACTION: Impact of two deadly typhoons, Super Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan) and Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino)

Responding to the impact of two deadly typhoons, Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name: Uwan) and Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name: Tino), Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director said: “Two deadly typhoons in a span of one week in the world’s …

Peace Is Hollow If Women Can’t Sleep Safely

This summer, I traveled to Seoul with my daughter. This isn't about our vacation, but about one night that made me realize how much the world still needs to improve in peace, leadership, and feminist approaches to security. What should have been a …

Oxfam Philippines responds to Typhoon Kalmaegi, as country braces for another potential super Typhoon

Responding to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) and a potential Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name Uwan), which could hit the country by this weekend or early next week, Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Philippines Executive Director said: “ …

Oxfam at the World Summit for Social Development 2025

Strong public services are at the heart of making poverty and inequality history. Universal access to quality education, health care, social protection, water, and sanitation builds human capabilities, reduces inequality, and strengthens the social …

Oxfam reaction to IPC hunger reports on Sudan and South Sudan

In reaction to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports on Sudan and South Sudan, Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Regional Director said:  “The confirmation of famine in Sudan by the IPC Famine Review Committee, …

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the super-rich are widening the emissions gap and putting world on track for catastrophe

In response to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report published today, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Policy Lead at Oxfam, said:   “Just days before global leaders arrive in Brazil for COP30, this report is a blaring siren calling for greater climate action.    “Since the …

Civil Society Collective Statement on Public Services

Oxfam reaction to Stiglitz Extraordinary Committee on Inequality Report for South African G20

In reaction to the Stiglitz G20 Extraordinary Committee Report on Inequality published today, Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said: "This historic report could not be timelier. It is a high-water mark in international …

Beyond Rhetoric - Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace and Security Agenda at 25

Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is both a landmark in diplomacy and a study in unfulfilled promise. Its most profound achievement has been to force open a conversation about the …

The olive tree is our resistance

For generations, the olive harvest in Palestine has been a time of celebration. Families gather in groves passed down through centuries, picking fruit from trees that symbolize rootedness, resilience, and peace. But under Israeli occupation, the harvest …

Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, rich countries’ pitiful climate targets fall drastically short

In response to the latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) synthesis report published today, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Lead at Oxfam, said:  “Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, we now see revealed a damning indictment of the collective failure of …

A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year

  Since 1990, the richest 0.1% have increased their share of total emissions by 32%, whilst the poorest half of humanity have actually seen their share fall by 3%. If everyone emitted carbon like the richest 0.1%, the carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that …

Europe’s Elite Emit More Carbon in a Week than Someone from the Bottom Half Does in a Year

  A person from Europe’s richest 0.1% emits 53x more carbon than a person from the bottom 50%.   Since 1990, Europe’s richest 0.1% have increased their share of total emissions by 14%, while the bottom half have cut their share by 27%.   To stay within the …

Feminist Solutions for a Fair World

Deep-rooted Systems of Oppression Systemic violence against women, girls, and queer individuals is widespread and deeply rooted in power imbalances that have been sustained for centuries by patriarchy, capitalism, racism, and colonialism. These oppressive …

25 years on from UN pledge, local women’s rights organisations and peacebuilders get just 0.1% of aid as donors pour billions into ...

The same governments that pledged support in 2000 to the UN’s flagship resolution on “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS) have since spent 25 years paying it lip-service, according to a new Oxfam report today that reviews its progress.  The report called “ …

Mounting alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications to transport life-saving aid into Gaza

41 organizations operating on the ground in Gaza call on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely. Since the ceasefire began, Israeli authorities have …

Mounting alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications to transport life-saving aid into Gaza

41 organizations operating on the ground in Gaza call on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely. Since the ceasefire began, Israeli authorities have …

No Time to Retreat: The Urgent Case for Feminist Foreign Policy

The world is at a breaking point, and the urgency to adopt a true Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) has never been greater. Across the globe, women, girls, and SOGIESC diverse people are under attack, their rights rolled back by rising authoritarianism, anti- …