Pauline Chetcuti, Oxfam International’s Head of Humanitarian Advocacy and Campaigns said: “Yemenis deserve – and have the right – to live in safety, have access to food, water, health care and to lead on a path towards a peaceful future. “The last …
Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s OPT Policy Lead, said: “During the 42-day ceasefire families in Gaza could finally fall asleep knowing their loved ones would still be beside them when they woke up. Even though aid that entered was not enough—far from enough—it …
This briefing paper examines the interconnected water and food crises in Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on eight of the continent’s most water-insecure countries. The focus countries are hunger hotspot countries for 2025 according to the FAO and WFP …
Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director said: "The climate crisis is not a mere statistic—it has a human face. It affects real people whose livelihoods are being destroyed, while the main contributors to this crisis—big polluters and super-rich— …
Reacting to Israeli strikes on Gaza, Clémence Lagouardat, Oxfam’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Gaza, said: “It is indefensible that Israel has breached the ceasefire agreement by carrying out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing over 300 people and …
Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February, according to Oxfam’s partners on the ground. In January, …
Reacting to Israeli strikes on Gaza, Clémence Lagouardat, Oxfam’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Gaza, said: “It is indefensible that Israel has breached the ceasefire agreement by carrying out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing over 300 people and …
Ahead of tomorrow’s EU Tax Symposium, Gabriel Zucman, lead economist at the EU Tax Observatory, has set out a proposal to tax the super-rich in the EU. In response, Chiara Putaturo, Oxfam EU tax expert, said: “Zucman’s study exposes the truth: Europe …
Reacting to donors’ pledges made at the Brussels conference on Syria today, Oxfam in Syria Country Director, Moutaz Adham, said: “The pledges are appreciated but now donors must act on them, especially at this critical moment. “The country has seen …
New report from Oxfam and its Polish partner, Egala, details violence and torture facing people on the move at the Poland-Belarus border. The report exposes Poland’s illegal pushback policy, bankrolled by the EU. Oxfam and Egala is urging the EU to …
Paper released as West Bank sees escalations in Israeli military and settler violence, killings, injuries, forced displacements, residential demolitions and movement restrictions. Oxfam has released a briefing paper Palestinian Women Working in Illegal …
World leaders are failing us. Governments aren’t backing their promises with real action. Aid for women’s groups hasn’t increased since 2011. Today, the total funding for these groups equals what just one of the world’s top billionaires makes in three …
Lebanon is facing a severe humanitarian crisis exacerbated by economic turndown, widespread poverty, and displacement resulting from the escalation of the hostilities into war between Hezbollah and Israel on September 23, 2024. A ceasefire was reached in …
Commenting on news today that the US has confirmed the termination of USAID funding for multiple life-saving projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxfam Country Director Manenji Mangundu said: “These USAID cuts will have an immediate and …
Israel’s decision to block aid to over two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins, is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip for …
The EU Commission has just presented its plans for the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) as part of the omnibus legislation. In response, Franziska Humbert, lawyer and Policy Advisor at Oxfam Germany, said: "The removal …
Over two and a half years into the war, the continued fighting has created extremely challenging conditions for civilians, particularly in the East of Ukraine. Aerial attacks, air alarms, power cuts and destruction of critical infrastructure are part of …
Since the beginning of the Israeli forces’ operation in the West Bank on 21 January, 51 Palestinians, including seven children, and three Israeli soldiers have been killed. At Jenin refugee camp, which is now practically deserted, reports from Oxfam …
Billionaire wealth surged by over $300 billion in the first month of the year. It would take 15 million workers an entire year to make as much money. Since G20 Finance Ministers agreed to work together to effectively tax the super-rich in July 2024, …
Agnès Bertrand-Sanz is available for interview. EU and Israeli officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss EU-Israel bilateral relations. This comes against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza which has seen: The ICJ issued an advisory opinion last …
