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 …
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 …
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 …
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: " …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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