June 20th is World Refugee Day. It’s a time to remember the millions of men, women and children worldwide who have been displaced due to the threat of persecution, conflict and violence; to take stock of their enormous courage, strength and sacrifices.
Civil society, government and mining, oil and gas industry representatives gathered in Sydney last week at the 6th global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) conference. The EITI is a global standard that promotes revenue transparency in the mining, oil and gas sector. Transparency is the key to reducing corruption, conflict and poverty in resource-rich countries. […]
On Friday 7th June, Kmart and Target agreed to sign on to the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord. They are joining more than 40 companies internationally who have joined this important Accord so far.
Millions of ordinary women, men and children are facing the brunt of Syria’s horrific war. The stories we hear are heart-breaking. Reema, for example, is only 12 years but has been through so much already. Her school was bombed and she was fortunate to survive – other children weren’t so lucky.
Did you know that Australians are the third largest meat eaters in the world? Only Luxembourg and the USA are bigger animal consumers. Wow. Did you also know that the livestock industry comes with a big greenhouse gas footprint – bigger than global transport? You may be pretty aware of this, and of the fact […]
Day 1. Monday June 3rd The GROW campaign launch in Timor-Leste got off to a great start today at the Good Local Food Expo in Dili. GROW got off to an ‘un-official’ start at 1am this morning with a traditional ceremony held by cultural leaders to bless the event and the work of GROW. At […]
By Clancy Moore Adriana is one of the many small-scale farmers around the world. However, in her village many people including young children and Adriana’s own son, Juandro, were going hungry. Chronic malnutrition is estimated to be as high as 60% in Timor-Leste. But change is happening. With help from Oxfam, Adriana’s village is tackling […]
By Gavin Lower It’s not every day you get to dress up as a vegetable or a piece of fruit. But that’s what I signed up for when I joined Oxfam’s GROW campaign to spread the word about food security and collect petition signatures at farmers’ markets around Melbourne in May. As a loyal […]
Khadija, who chose to give us a false name and cover her face for fear of reprisals when she returns to Syria, fled to Lebanon two months before this picture was taken on May 4, 2013, after being displaced numerous times within Syria by fighting between opposition and regime forces. She now lives in a […]
Last month, Oxfam launched its GROW campaign in Papua New Guinea and released two new short films that show how local activities in the Highlands are changing lives for the better. GROW is Oxfam’s global campaign to fix the broken food system. Around the world today, one in eight people go to bed hungry. By […]
