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 …
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 …
Africa faces a double crisis of inequality. Not only are the continent and its countries among the world’s most unequal, but its governments are on average among the least committed to reducing inequality. This has created a situation in which a few people …
Fighting Erasure: Trans Realities in Global Policy Spaces The trans movement has long hoped for more representation at the CSW-for the words ‘gender identity and expression’ and our lived realities to be reflected in outcome texts, leading to inclusive …
Israel’s intent to displace around 1 million civilians, half of whom are living in famine, is impossible and illegal Oxfam said today, while the Israeli military continued to flatten Gaza City building by building as its mass forced displacement of …
Over 63 million East Africans experienced severe hunger in 2024 and 40% lack access to safe drinking water. East African countries collectively contribute a tiny 0.09% of the global carbon emissions but are some of the worst-hit by the global climate …
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) report published today, which confirms a famine in Gaza Governorate and predicts it will expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods …
Reacting to today's announcement of the Israeli cabinet's decision to take direct military control of Gaza City, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam's Policy Lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said: "This decision marks a dangerous escalation …
Unless INGOs submit to the full registration requirements, including the mandatory submission of details of private donors, complete Palestinian staff lists and other sensitive information about personnel for so-called “security” vetting to Israeli …
Oxfam water and climate experts will be at the World Water Week in Stockholm (24-28 August) speaking to a number of issues including water insecurity in climate-vulnerable regions, the weaponization of water in conflict zones, water governance challenges …
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