In the last 27 days, they say they have received little support from anyone, except from a neighbouring IDP camp which has been there for a year. They rely on their neighbours for water, but there is hardly enough even for them. Oxfam is planning to start …
In the Terai region of Nepal, the lockdown restricted communities’ access to food from markets. Farmers responded by using more local plants – such as wheat, wild leafy vegetables, mushrooms, beans, pumpkins and jackfruit – according to Achyut Gaire, Saroj …
Think about the care economy: who is taking care of the sick? Who’s leaving their job? This workload has always been there, but now it has more than doubled. It is impacting women’s and girls’ health and wellbeing. And this is before we add the physical …
Deeply concerned about the impact of inequality and inspired by people’s collective struggles to build a more equal, more sustainable world, the Fight Inequality Alliance organizes the annual Festival to Fight Inequality. Covid-19 has supercharged …
1. What do you mean when you talk about gender-based violence? Gender-based violence is any act of physical, psychological, sexual, or economic violence directed against a person, or a group based on their gender, sex or non-conformity to gender norms and …
Governments in Central America actively participate in perpetuating the violence. Guatemala is currently debating two sets of laws that will restrict both the sexual and reproductive rights and the wider rights of LGBTQIA+ people, including undermining the …
How often have you felt the frustration of trying to explain in vain to someone that an idea they’re embracing is flawed because it’s based on a false or biased premise? For instance, why is it taken for granted that a person is “successful” because they …
Parallels can be drawn between the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. Firstly, it is clear that the pandemic and the climate crisis will impact the poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities (e.g. women, children, people living with disabilities, …
In Iraq, as elsewhere, the coronavirus pandemic is having severe impacts on the population, but women and men are affected in different ways and according to research conducted by Oxfam in Iraq, women are disproportionately affected when it comes to socio- …
The Coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on all our lives. While we are each doing our part of prevent the spread, and while frontline healthcare workers risk their lives to care for the sick, researchers are racing to find the one thing that will …
Photo: Rekha Khatun. Munjur Rahman Shakib is a youth activist in Bangladesh So it should be no surprise that young people are already on the ground leading coronavirus response in communities across the globe. Adam, a young activist supported by Oxfam in …
Serbia, 2017. Refugees and migrants are living in derelict warehouses behind Belgrade’s main railway station. Lack of space in government accommodation facilities, coercion by smugglers and fear of deportation by authorities have pushed them in inhumane …
Angelina Daniel is only 13 years old, but already she is an active member of her community. She’s an advocate against child marriage, and through a music programme run by the organization I CAN, she has recorded several songs about peace, and hopes to one …
