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307 Press Releases

Published on October 29, 2025 - 11:14 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 29, 2025 - 11:13 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 29, 2025 - 11:13 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 29, 2025 - 11:13 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 27, 2025 - 09:59 GMT

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 “ …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 27, 2025 - 09:59 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 24, 2025 - 02:41 GMT

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 23, 2025 - 01:13 GMT

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- …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 17, 2025 - 12:56 GMT

Europe: A bystander to realpolitik, or a broker of principled peace?

EU foreign affairs ministers will meet on Monday for the Foreign Affairs Council where the “situation in the Middle East” is on the table. The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner. Oxfam has worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 15, 2025 - 17:08 GMT

Revitalisation: A Story of Rights, Resistance, and Reclaiming Civic Space

Time commitment The SIOC meets at least once every financial quarter i.e. four (4) times a year, usually in the two (2) weeks preceding a formal OI Board meeting. Meetings are held virtually unless coinciding with a face-to-face Board meeting (in which …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 10, 2025 - 11:07 GMT

Oxfam reaction to Gaza ceasefire deal

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 8, 2025 - 21:55 GMT

EU Billionaires’ Wealth Surges by over €400 billion in first half of 2025

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 6, 2025 - 23:16 GMT

Two thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans as rich countries profiteer from escalating climate crisis

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% …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on October 2, 2025 - 15:35 GMT

Palestine recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 25, 2025 - 19:26 GMT

Israeli attacks kill Oxfam partner colleague, destroy clinics in Gaza

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 25, 2025 - 08:48 GMT

Colonialism hijacks energy transition: 70% of minerals for renewables lies in Global South but the majority of profits are ...

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 24, 2025 - 10:13 GMT

Stop Trade With Settlements!

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 24, 2025 - 09:58 GMT

Revitalisation: A Story of Rights, Resistance, and Reclaiming Civic Space

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 23, 2025 - 13:49 GMT

Herstory - The Journey of Feminist Movements in Advancing Gender Justice and Experiences in Multilateral Spaces

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on September 23, 2025 - 13:49 GMT

From the Margins to Beijing: Feminist Voices Breaking Through

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights

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