Published on
August 22, 2025
- 09:28 GMT
We’re Still Here
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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 …
Nelli at work, making bread in her studio. Photo courtesy of The Tenth of April Nelli, a 70-year-old activist from Pomichna, a small town in southern Ukraine, is fairly new to the humanitarian sector. Just a few years ago, she applied for a leadership …
The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) has today issued an alert saying that the worst-case scenario of famine in Gaza is already unfolding. Oxfam’s policy lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Bushra Khalidi, said: “Israel’s genocide has …
In reaction to the United Nations’ 2025 edition of “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” (SOFI) report launched today, showing only a slight progress in reducing hunger and warning that over half a billion people could be chronically …
Aid cuts and humanitarian deadlock are fuelling a full-blown public health disaster. In Sake and Minova, 500 people are sharing a single water tap. Six months since the renewed war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a full-blown public health …
The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and provide climate finance to developing countries. Oxfam climate change policy lead …
This aid includes shelters, food and supplements to combat malnutrition, and water equipment, sanitation items and medicines that would be vital to tackle diseases and Oxfam alone has over 110,000 items of humanitarian aid in one warehouse including …
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own …
How do we quantify the value of our future? What lengths do we go to ensure this future? And to whom is this duty owed? This is what drives the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) - this innate duty of care shouldered by the people of …
The richest 1 percent in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were responsible for 26 percent of carbon emissions in 2022, while the poorest half of the population were responsible for only 10 percent of emissions, an Oxfam report released today …
Reacting to the communique issued at the conclusion of 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the South African presidency, Nkateko Chauke, Interim Executive Director at Oxfam South Africa said: “Although the G20 …
In response to the EU’s foreign affairs ministers meeting to discuss the list of options for political action against Israel, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s Policy Lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Gaza, said: “Every day that passes without real …
In response to the investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) revealing how World Bank-backed healthcare investments are deepening poverty and denying care in Africa, Oxfam International’s Health Policy Manager Anna …
Along with the rush to put private financial actors in the center of the development architecture directly, certain private creditors have also played a key role in holding back development efforts, particularly by exacerbating sovereign debt crises in …
In 2000, Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion. Africa’s richest 5% hold nearly $4 trillion in wealth – more than double the combined wealth of …
In reaction to the Dutch intelligence accusing Russia of repeated use of chemical substances in its recent attacks on Ukraine, Oxfam Advocacy and Campaigns Manager in Ukraine, Sarah Redd, said: “Oxfam is appalled at the recent intensification of violence …
In response to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights decision today setting out governments’ obligations in regard to the climate crisis, Gloria García-Parra, Oxfam's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean said: “The Inter- …
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