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282 Press Releases

Published on March 6, 2025 - 05:01 GMT

Safety net and humanitarian cash in the Emergency Response in Lebanon – what can we learn?

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 4, 2025 - 13:53 GMT

Oxfam reaction to USAID funding cuts in DRC

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 4, 2025 - 13:53 GMT

Israel blocks aid to Gaza as Ramadan begins – Oxfam reaction

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 26, 2025 - 13:19 GMT

New EU Commission proposal turns supply chain law into empty shell

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 26, 2025 - 06:38 GMT

Largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967 - Oxfam

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 25, 2025 - 17:08 GMT

In January, billionaires amassed more wealth than the poorest third of humanity owns

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, …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 25, 2025 - 17:08 GMT

EU-Israel Meeting: “This is not diplomacy – this is complicity”

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 …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 20, 2025 - 13:59 GMT

Less than seven percent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe

Nearly 1,700 Kilometres of water and sanitation networks have been destroyed Big-ticket repairs of networks urgently needed but Israel baulks in approving supplies The resumption of aid into Gaza, including fuel to operate undamaged water and sanitation …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 20, 2025 - 13:59 GMT

Ukrainian agency toward peace must be honored and preserved: Oxfam

In response to the US-Russia meeting yesterday (Feb 18) on the future of the war in Ukraine, Nicola Bay, Director of the Oxfam in Ukraine Response Team said: “Any path toward a genuinely sustainable and just peace must obviously include Ukrainians, with …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 18, 2025 - 10:44 GMT

The EU’s Tax Haven List: All Process, No Progress

Today, European finance ministers updated the EU tax haven list. They added Brunei Darussalam and removed Costa Rica and Curaçao from the greylist. There were no changes to the blacklist. In response, Chiara Putaturo, Oxfam EU tax expert, said: " …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 17, 2025 - 10:36 GMT

Nearly half a million people left without shelter, food or water in DR Congo amid destruction of displacement sites and aid cuts

Oxfam warns of an alarming humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC as aid groups struggle to respond in the face of funding cuts ripple effects. Over 450,000 people are left without shelter, food or water in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 13, 2025 - 15:52 GMT

Oxfam echoes call to end “oligarchic rule” at Vatican tax justice summit

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, former Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Touré, and economists Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh and Gabriel Zucman today delivered …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 13, 2025 - 02:24 GMT

Two Oxfam workers killed in robbery in South Sudan

Two members of Oxfam staff were killed in an armed robbery yesterday in the town of Motot in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Gatdet Nhial Jock and Manyal Gatjek Kueth were members of a local community working as security guards, at an Oxfam food distribution …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 5, 2025 - 09:29 GMT

Gaza Crisis Appeal

Israel’s war on Gaza has taken a devastating toll on civilians and fuelled further escalations in violence in Lebanon and across the wider region. A temporary ceasefire is now in place in Gaza. After 15 months of bombing, death and destruction, people in …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 30, 2025 - 19:07 GMT

A Landmark Verdict on Pushbacks – Europe's Human Rights Reckoning

This month, the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) issued a seismic ruling in the case of A.R.E. v. Greece, condemning, for the first time ever, Greece for its “systematic practice of pushbacks”. This landmark verdict exposes not only Greece’s, …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 30, 2025 - 19:04 GMT

Joint Statement by humanitarian, development and human rights organisations in Lebanon: We need a Permanent Ceasefire and a Just ...

We, the undersigned organisations operating in Lebanon, urgently call on parties to abide by their commitments towards a permanent ceasefire in Lebanon and appeal to the international community to ensure the respect and full implementation of the temporary …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 30, 2025 - 06:11 GMT

Oxfam International urges Spain to lead the global fight against inequality in the run-up to the Fourth International Conference ...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agreed to make the fight against inequality a key part of the Seville conference agenda. Oxfam urged Prime Minister Sánchez to press for an initiative to reduce international inequality. Any such initiative must include a …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 28, 2025 - 04:57 GMT

New survey reveals extent of Israel’s failure to improve humanitarian access in Gaza in the year since ICJ ruling

Oxfam’s Policy Lead, Bushra Khalidi, said: “Given the volume of aid now entering Gaza, it is clear how much Israel has been obstructing the humanitarian response for the last 15 months. As the survey shows, Israel completely failed to improve humanitarian …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 24, 2025 - 08:55 GMT

"We’re Not Just Surviving"—Simegn’s Path to Financial Independence Lights the Way for Others in Sekota

Oxfam partners with Women Empowerment Action (WE-Action) to support about 300 self-help groups, reaching more than 5,700 women who are transforming their lives through savings, loans, and small businesses. These groups provide women the tools to build …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 24, 2025 - 08:42 GMT

Call for Applications to Co-Opt Members: OI Board Finance, Risk and Audit Committee

Background Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We use our power and privilege to open spaces for those with whom we share vision and values; and work with people and communities before, during and after crisis to create a world that is …

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