BLOGS

Women Inspiring Change

More than 5 million Indonesian women work in factories. Their wages are very low and they receive 30% less than their male counterparts. But many are actively trying to change this situation...

A new approach to regional cooperation on refugee protection

Oxfam has joined with other NGOs from our Asia Pacific region in a joint statement on the Australian Government's announcement that it intends to subvert the recent ruling by the High Court on the treatment of asylum seekers.

Pakistan floods: four days old and the roof caves in

Oxfam Media Officer Tariq Malik traveled to Pakistan, where heavy rains continue to flood the south, and met a woman who had to evacuate her home only four days after giving birth. This is her story.

Land is Life comes to Kew

Oxfam volunteer Ben Campbell reports on the opening of our new climate change exhibition Land is Life in Kew, Victoria.

Meeting with Ministers on Green Climate Fund in WA

Oxfam were very kindly invited by one of our newest Rockingham Group member, Minister Gary Gray, to a meeting with Minister Simon Crean on climate change and the carbon tax.

Harvesting a brighter future: Ambaji and Suman

Since Indian organisation SAKAV started helping them, Indigenous couple Suman and Ambaji have made major progress, cultivating enough veges that they can feed themselves and sell the rest for profit.

Indonesian migrant worker advocate wins human rights award

Workers’ rights advocate Anis Hidayah has received the Human Rights Watch Alison Des Forges Award for her tireless efforts to ensure justice and human rights for Indonesian migrant workers.

Would you rate company CSR practices?

There has been a proliferation of company rating schemes in the past few years, but when it comes to improving workers’ rights are they really such a good thing?

Waiting for water

Carly Sheehan travels to the village of Dillo in Ethiopia, where Oxfam is currently reaching over 8,500 people with clean water.

Closing the Gap with SWAMS, part 4: Clem

By turns an advocate between doctor and patient, a crusader against diabetes, and a contact point for the Indigenous community, Aboriginal health worker Clem Jetta tells us how he's trying to Close the Gap.