Oxfam Press Releases

25 years of UN promises to elevate and strengthen Palestinian women’s voices in peacebuilding have failed, says Oxfam

UN member states have wasted 25 years of potential by largely ignoring the crucial role that Palestinian women and girls should have played in building peace in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), says Oxfam. In a new report, ‘Arming Injustice with …

Millions stranded as conflict and aid cuts in South Sudan drive surge in suffering - Oxfam

Donors provided lowest aid funding ever in 2025, since country created in 2011  Almost 6 million people - nearly half of the population - in South Sudan are experiencing acute hunger, with little access to clean water or sanitation as funding cuts have …

COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’ – Oxfam

In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Brasil Executive Director Viviana Santiago said:  “COP30 offered a spark of hope but far more heartbreak, as the ambition of global leaders continues to fall short of what is needed for a livable planet. People …

COP30 text 'unacceptable' and fails communities at frontline of climate disasters

In response to the latest ‘Mutirão’ text, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International Climate Policy Lead, said:  “As COP30 races toward its close, world leaders are gambling with the planet — and with the lives of the poorest. Rich countries are treating adaptation …

G20: South Africa defies geopolitical bullying and puts inequality emergency on global agenda, says Oxfam

In reaction to the G20 communique, Oxfam International Head of Inequality Policy and Advocacy, Max Lawson said: “This is the first ever meeting of world leaders, in history, where the inequality emergency was put at the centre of the agenda. This is …

Mexico’s new NDC an ‘ambitious leap forward’ - Oxfam reaction

Following the announcement by the Mexican government of its new NDC, Jorge Martinez, Oxfam Mexico Climate Strategy Coordinator, said:  “Mexico’s new NDC is the kind of ambitious leap forward the world urgently needs in order to prevent rapid climate …

South Africa puts a stern test to G20 leaders this year to confront the scourge of global inequality

G20 billionaires’ fortunes rise by $2.2 trillion in just one year, more than enough to lift everyone above the global poverty line  The amount of wealth that the G20’s own billionaires made just last year – $2.2 trillion – would have been more than enough …

European banks pour nearly €8 billion a year into critical minerals mining despite links to human rights and environmental abuses

New Oxfam, Fair Finance International and 11.11.11. report exposes how Europe’s banks and investors are blindly investing in mining companies linked to land grabs, pollution and human rights violations. This comes ahead of the EU’s Raw Materials Week.   …

REACTION: Impact of two deadly typhoons, Super Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan) and Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino)

Responding to the impact of two deadly typhoons, Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name: Uwan) and Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name: Tino), Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director said: “Two deadly typhoons in a span of one week in the world’s …

Oxfam delivers million-signature ‘Make Rich Polluters Pay’ petition to Brazil's climate minister at COP30

Today, Oxfam and activist partners at COP30 delivered over a million signatures of a petition demanding that the super-rich pay for climate damages to Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. The petition is part of the ‘Make …

Oxfam Pilipinas responds to Typhoon Kalmaegi, as country braces for another potential super Typhoon

Responding to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) and a potential Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name Uwan), which could hit the country by this weekend or early next week, Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director said: “ …

Peace Is Hollow If Women Can’t Sleep Safely

This summer, I traveled to Seoul with my daughter. This isn't about our vacation, but about one night that made me realize how much the world still needs to improve in peace, leadership, and feminist approaches to security. What should have been a …

Oxfam Philippines responds to Typhoon Kalmaegi, as country braces for another potential super Typhoon

Responding to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) and a potential Super Typhoon Fung-wong (local name Uwan), which could hit the country by this weekend or early next week, Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam Philippines Executive Director said: “ …

Oxfam at the World Summit for Social Development 2025

Strong public services are at the heart of making poverty and inequality history. Universal access to quality education, health care, social protection, water, and sanitation builds human capabilities, reduces inequality, and strengthens the social …

Oxfam reaction to IPC hunger reports on Sudan and South Sudan

In reaction to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports on Sudan and South Sudan, Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Regional Director said:  “The confirmation of famine in Sudan by the IPC Famine Review Committee, …

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the super-rich are widening the emissions gap and putting world on track for catastrophe

In response to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report published today, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Policy Lead at Oxfam, said:   “Just days before global leaders arrive in Brazil for COP30, this report is a blaring siren calling for greater climate action.    “Since the …

Civil Society Collective Statement on Public Services

Oxfam reaction to Stiglitz Extraordinary Committee on Inequality Report for South African G20

In reaction to the Stiglitz G20 Extraordinary Committee Report on Inequality published today, Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said: "This historic report could not be timelier. It is a high-water mark in international …

Beyond Rhetoric - Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace and Security Agenda at 25

Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is both a landmark in diplomacy and a study in unfulfilled promise. Its most profound achievement has been to force open a conversation about the …

The olive tree is our resistance

For generations, the olive harvest in Palestine has been a time of celebration. Families gather in groves passed down through centuries, picking fruit from trees that symbolize rootedness, resilience, and peace. But under Israeli occupation, the harvest …