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Oxfam Press Releases

319 Press Releases

Published on May 13, 2024 - 12:42 GMT

Epidemic risk rising as Rafah invasion compounds lethal cocktail of over-crowding, sewage and hunger

Oxfam’s Middle East Director, Sally Abi Khalil, said: “The situation is desperate, with so many people in Gaza living in fear and being forced to endure inhumane and unsanitary conditions caused by sustained Israeli bombardment. One colleague told me there …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 9, 2024 - 10:19 GMT

People in northern Gaza forced to survive on 245 calories a day, less than a can of beans – Oxfam

The Israeli government has known for nearly two decades exactly how many daily calories are needed to prevent malnutrition in Gaza, calculating this according to both age and gender within its Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip - Red Line document. Not …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 9, 2024 - 10:03 GMT

Reaction to the G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement

In response to the statement from G7 Foreign Ministers today, Oxfam Italy’s Humanitarian Policy Advisor, Paolo Pezzati, said: “The G7’s calls for Israel to halt its planned offensive in Rafah, a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, urgent access of …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 9, 2024 - 10:02 GMT

Oxfam reaction to the UN Security Council's call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

In response to the UN Security Council’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Oxfam’s UN Representative and Head of New York Office Brenda Mofya said: "We welcome the Security Council’s adoption of a ceasefire resolution so Palestinians in Gaza …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 9, 2024 - 10:00 GMT

Oxfam reaction: Israeli government announces Erez Crossing and Ashdod Port will now allow humanitarian aid into Gaza

Responding to the announcement by the Israeli government that Erez Crossing and Ashdod Port will now allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam Middle East and North Africa Director said: "Israel’s announced opening of the Erez Crossing …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 8, 2024 - 10:31 GMT

Oxfam reaction to Rafah evacuation order

In reaction to Israel’s imminent invasion of Rafah, Sally Abi-Khalil, Oxfam’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Director said: “We are horrified by Israel’s order to evacuate around 100,000 people and what appears to be an impending invasion of …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 7, 2024 - 08:31 GMT

Oxfam reaction to attack on community center operated by Oxfam's partner in Kharkiv

In reaction to Russia’s attack on a community centre operated by Oxfam’s partner “Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv” today, Nicola Bay, Oxfam’s Organisational Lead for Ukraine, said: “We are appalled by this attack. Community hubs run by our partner have …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on May 1, 2024 - 00:01 GMT

Global dividend payouts to shareholders rise 14 times faster than worker pay since 2020

Global dividend payouts to rich shareholders jumped by 45 percent in real terms between 2020 and 2023, while workers’ wages rose by just 3 percent The richest 1 percent, simply for owning stock, pocketed on average $9,000 in dividends in 2023 —it would …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 26, 2024 - 16:30 GMT

Oxfam: Keeping aid to world’s poorest countries at stagnating levels is a “moral failure and betrayal”

ODA from DAC member countries totalled $223.7 billion in 2023. On average, DAC members allocated 0,37 percent of their gross national income (GNI) to fund aid, similar to 2022 levels, and far below the long-standing commitment to allocate 0.7 percent of …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 24, 2024 - 14:18 GMT

Oxfam reaction to the Global Report on Food Crises 2024

Today’s "Global Report on Food Crises” (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 281.6 million people across 59 countries are now experiencing acute hunger – 24 million additional people over last year. Reacting to the …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 22, 2024 - 17:14 GMT

Six Months of Violence and Siege for 2.3 Million Palestinians in Gaza

Oxfam’s team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has mounted a humanitarian response despite enormous challenges. Along with partner organisations in Gaza, Oxfam has responded to the crisis by delivering cash, food, and essential basic items and …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 17, 2024 - 14:40 GMT

Reaction to Paris pledging conference for Sudan and its neighbors

Reacting to the outcome of the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and its neighbours, held in Paris today, at which countries pledged a total of $2 billion – Oxfam in Africa Director Fati N’Zi Hassane said: “This meeting was an opportunity to …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 16, 2024 - 19:54 GMT

Income inequality high or rising in 60 percent of countries with loans from IMF and World Bank

Income inequality is high or increasing in 60 percent (64 out of 106) of low- and middle-income countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, reveals new Oxfam analysis ahead of the 2024 Spring Meetings in …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 11, 2024 - 05:51 GMT

EU governments miss 33 million euros per hour in unpaid taxes from Europe’s super-rich

EU governments are losing out on a staggering 286.5 billion euros in revenue annually, equivalent to 33 million euros per hour, due to their failure to fairly tax Europe’s wealthiest. This amount, equivalent to Finland’s GDP, represents what a European …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 9, 2024 - 19:49 GMT

Oxfam: European Court of Human Rights provides a partial step forward for climate protection but a step back on international ...

In response to the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Grand Chamber’s first-ever climate-related cases (Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and Others, and Carême v. …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 5, 2024 - 19:52 GMT

Joint Statement on Gender Inclusion in The Ukraine Crisis Response and the Role of Women's Rights Organizations

More than two years on from the escalation of the war in Ukraine, women and girls’ humanitarian needs remain unmet. The gendered impacts of the war are being overlooked, pre-existing gender-based inequalities are being exacerbated and Women’s Rights and …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 26, 2024 - 10:01 GMT

As Yemen enters tenth year of war, militarization and economic crisis compound suffering – Oxfam

Economic crisis Yemen’s economy is in tatters. Rounds of currency depreciation and increases in the cost of fuel and other key commodities, have pushed millions into poverty. And the war - alongside the ravages of climate change - has severely crippled …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 23, 2024 - 11:05 GMT

Oxfam reaction to Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure

In reaction to today’s Russian attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, and Vinnytsia regions, which left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity or water, disrupting transport and communications , …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 21, 2024 - 17:01 GMT

Out of sight : Displacement and survival in Gambella, Ethiopia

Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/Oxfam Nyajany hopes for a future where everyone thrives - Fatuma Noor In Tierkidi refugee camp, in Gambella, Western Ethiopia, 29-year-old Nyajany Gatwech prepares her routine trip to go to the market and buy vegetables that …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 21, 2024 - 08:50 GMT

Global water crisis looms yet only one in four of the biggest food and agriculture corporations say they’re reducing water use and ...

Only 28 percent of the world’s most influential food and agriculture corporations report they are reducing their water withdrawals and just 23 percent say they are taking action to reduce water pollution. Oxfam’s new analysis of 350 corporations using …

Distribution channels: Human Rights

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