Oxfam International
Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. Oxfam works directly with communities and that seeks to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Monday, February 22, 2016 Fiji Government Trying to Contact Tropical Cyclone Winston Blackspots as Death Toll Rises The Fijian Government is still trying to contact areas that haven’t been heard from since being struck by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston on the weekend. Oxfam in the Pacific Regional Director Raijeli Nicole said communication blackspots were making it very hard to assess damage and determine the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 17, 2016 The World’s Poorest Should Not Pay for the Security and Defense of Europe Governments across Europe are planning to divert scarce development aid budgets to cover security and defense costs, anti-poverty campaigners understand. Proposals that aid money can be used for ‘preventing violent extremism’, police training and financing security costs are being mooted behind... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 09, 2016 UN Report Places Correct Emphasis on Need for Political Solutions to Crises On the publication of the UN Secretary General's, Ban Ki Moon, report in advance of the World Humanitarian Summit , Oxfam's Humanitarian Representative, Charlotte Stemmer, said:; "The UN Secretary General's report places emphasis on the need for political solutions to solve some of the world’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 01, 2016 Flatlining Support for Syrians Needs Jolt at London Conference Rich countries meeting in London this week must commit to real changes that will improve the lives of millions of Syrians, said Oxfam. The aid funding and resettlement places offered so far have often been so low as to be little more than token gestures. Syrians in need are waiting for actions not... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 28, 2016 Urgent Action Needed as South Africa Faces Maize Drop Linked to ‘Super’ El Nino South Africa is facing its smallest maize harvest since 2007 this year as record-high temperatures and drought continue to hit its agricultural sector. According the government’s Crop Estimates Committee, only 7.44 million tons of maize is likely to be harvested in 2016 - that’s 25 percent less... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, January 18, 2016 62 People Own the Same as Half the World, Reveals Oxfam Davos Report The Oxfam report An Economy for the 1% , shows that the wealth of the poorest half of the world’s population has fallen by a trillion dollars since 2010, a drop of 41 percent. This has occurred despite the global population increasing by around 400 million people during that period. Meanwhile, the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Weather and War to Put Humanitarian System Under Unprecedented Strain in 2016 The effects of a super El Niño are set to put the world’s humanitarian system under an unprecedented level of strain in 2016 as it already struggles to cope with the fallout from conflicts in Syria, South Sudan, Yemen and elsewhere. Oxfam estimates the El Niño weather system could leave tens of... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Delays in Cutting Emissions Set to Cost Developing Countries Hundreds of Billions of Dollars More Developing countries’ economies face being crushed under the double burden of climate change adaptation costs of almost $800 billion and more than twice that in economic losses every year by 2050 if pledges to cut emissions are not improved, Oxfam warned today. In a new report released for COP21:... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, November 09, 2015 Climate Change Puts Millions at Risk of Falling into Poverty, World Bank Warns Oxfam commended the World Bank for connecting the need to tackle climate change with the urgent fight to end poverty. In a new report, the Bank warned that more than 100 million additional people could be pushed into poverty by crop failures, floods, hunger, and other shocks caused by climate... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 19, 2015 UN Security Council Should Seize Opportunity to Restart Yemen Peace Process In an open letter sent today, Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children, Action Contre La Faim and seven other agencies urge the UN Security Council to press parties in the Yemen conflict to implement an immediate ceasefire and kick-start the peace process. They also demand a new... Read more |