Here in Doha, negotiation sessions are going deep into the night. Negotiators with tired eyes are talking about redlines and deadlines. Throughout the last two weeks, the issue of climate finance has been a major sticking point. So far only a handful of European countries and the UK have announced new climate finance pledges. Developing […]
December 5 was International Volunteer Day – an important date in the calendar for Oxfam and other non-profit organisations who rely so much on the support of dedicated volunteers. Kaitlyn McGinley is one of many “vollies” who helped out at the recent Coldplay concerts around Australia, gathering signatures and spreading the word about Oxfam’s GROW […]
FWD2012 was Australia’s first conference just for digital campaigners. Held at Queens College in Melbourne on November 28-29, FWD2012 brought together over 170 digital campaigners from 70+ organizations to share their knowledge and experience, learn from each other and to contribute to a new community of campaigners in Australia. The conference heard from some great […]
On the weekend I was lucky enough to spend an inspiring afternoon with an impressive cohort of women from some of Melbourne’s migrant and diaspora communities. They came from far-flung places like Afghanistan, South Sudan, Liberia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Israel and Iran – and they were meeting to share experiences and views on the role of […]
Every UN climate conference has stories of powerful voices cutting through the noise and reminding delegates of the raw realities of what we are dealing with. Maria Timon is a woman from Kiribati who has been speaking out for many years on the challenges facing her community. On Friday she spoke at a side event […]
Did you see Yothu Yindi use their induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame last night to call for constitutional recognition? Speaking ahead of the ceremony, the band’s inspiring frontman – Yolngu elder Mandawuy Yunupingu – hit the nail on the head. “As musicians, recognition from our peers is important to us. As Aboriginal Australians, […]
This heart-breaking dispatch from Oxfam's Eddy Mbuyi in DRC provides a whole new perspective on the conflict currently ravaging Goma.
In Rajasthan – the largest single region in India – traditions run deep and that can have a devastating effect on the local women and girls. But the drumbeat of change is growing louder thanks to a pioneering project being run with our partner agency Vikalp Sansthan.
Oxfam has hit the ground running at the UN Climate Conference in Doha (COP18). The team, led by Oxfam Australia’s Kelly Dent, released a hard hitting report on the eve of the talks showing that rich countries have been stalling on promised financial assistance to developing nations. Progress on “climate finance” will be one of […]
Ever wonder what it’d be like to work for Oxfam in the field? Here, our Disaster Risk Reduction program manager in Laos, Manish Mehta, gives an all-access glimpse into a typically atypical day on the job!
