Reacting to the announcement of the first stage of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Oxfam International’s Executive Director Amitabh Behar said: “This is a desperately needed step towards ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We welcome the release of Israeli …
The combined wealth of EU billionaires grew over €2 billion a day. Over 80% of total tax revenue in EU countries is paid primarily by ordinary Europeans, compared to 9% from companies and just 0.4% from wealth taxes. A European wealth tax could raise the …
New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre, published today, finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive- for every 5 dollars they receive they are paying 7 dollars back. 65% …
Statement by independent groups Most countries recognize Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating, with near-total impunity, causing mass displacement, widespread death, and an escalating humanitarian crisis …
Oxfam is deeply appalled and mourns the killing of Tasneem, 27, and her two children, Sham (5), and Suleiman (3), in an Israeli airstrike on 20 September. Tasneem was a psychologist at Oxfam's partner organization, Juzoor for Health and Community …
Although Global South countries hold roughly 70% of transition minerals reserves, the majority of the investments in renewable energy are concentrated in the Global North (50%) and China (29%) – with those profits largely falling into the hands of the …
Trade with Israeli settlements is incompatible with international law. States and private actors must not recognise, aid, or assist in the illegal settlement enterprise. Ending trade with settlements is a necessary step to uphold human rights, protect …
For generations, feminist movements, particularly in the Global Majority, have fought to ensure systems that were never designed with the rights of all women and girls in mind are reformed, revitalized, and strengthened. When the Beijing Declaration and …
By the mid-1990s, FEMNET had already established herself as a convenor of bold and strategic feminist dialogues contributing and influencing different multilateral spaces. For instance, in the lead-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in …
My feminist awakening was a process of discovery, questioning, and connecting. It began in the late eighties when I became totally independent and economically self-sufficient. It was an intense learning period but also risk-fraught, as the war in Lebanon …
The Journey into Feminism My journey into gender equality began unexpectedly during my doctoral research. I was studying the socio‑economic impact of labor migration from Egypt to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. In one village, as much as 95% of the men had …
Lily: It is sad because in our advocacy and external focus we end up by default almost replicating the same structures internally, which is essentially counter to the entire point, but it seems to be what humans excel in! What do you think is needed to …
Do feminist movements have the same or greater power than anti-rights groups? The difference lies in the fact that we don't use the same tools: they use hatred, cruelty, fear, and violence. We have rules that we don't break, nor will we break; we …
As a result of severe restrictions on public spaces, killings of WHRDs, online and offline gender-based violence (GBV), and financial hardships due to funding restrictions are getting more and more common. The repressive state apparatuses, anti-rights …
Our demands were unapologetic, especially calls for ending unpaid labor and gender-based violence, securing comprehensive SRHR, including abortion rights as well as providing mental health care and digital protections while institutionalizing co-leadership …
Oxfam and partners at UNGA80 Oxfam leaders, experts, and partners are joining the UN 80th General Assembly and Climate Week in New York, hosting and attending events and releasing reports and statements focused on gender, humanitarian crises with a focus …
Since then, the IDWF and its affiliates have been mobilizing domestic workers to advocate for C189 ratification and labour law reforms to recognize domestic workers’ rights as workers. Domestic workers are using the ILO conventions as advocacy tools - not …
The leaders of over 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded, for the first time, that genocide is being committed. The statement is below: “As world leaders convene next …
From the Margins to the Center: How Feminists Transformed Global Agendas From WiLDAF’s experience, one can say that feminist movements have evolved significantly over the years. Feminist actors have become more organized and structured with increased …
Campaign focuses on companies that trade, or have until recently traded, with Israeli settlements JCB (UK), Barclays Bank (UK), Siemens (Germany), Carrefour (France), Maersk (Denmark), Tui (Germany), eDreams Odigeo and Opodo (Spain) An alliance of more …
