Just 9 days are left until the end of negotiations to produce the world’s first legally binding Arms Trade Treaty. Can we maintain pressure on governments to secure a strong Treaty that actually makes a difference? In “A Short Film About Guns” Oxfam’s Louis Belanger teams up with Greek-Cypriot director Minos Papas, providing a chilling […]
Every decision you make in the supermarket and in the kitchen, from which bananas to buy, to where to store apples at home, has a big impact. Your choices when it comes to food may seem small and inconsequential, but they make you a part of the ‘global food system’. We talk a lot about […]
One year after the East Africa food crisis was declared, Oxfam Great Britain's Jo Harrison returns to northen Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp to see how its residents are doing.
Iconic artwork by graffiti artist Banksy has come to life to support an Oxfam campaign to regulate the weapons trade which kills one person every minute. News photographer Nick Stern, who has seen first-hand the devastating effect of armed violence, has recreated two of the artists’ famous works using real life lookalikes in support of […]
by Oxfam intern Kim Ho The annual State of the Climate report has been released, revealing that both natural and human activities have influenced ocean warming, sea-level rise and temperature extremes over the past 100 years. The warming in Australia is consistent with global trends and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. “We have […]
In their second blog post from Niger, Richard and Eveline discover a nation obsessed with wrestling, meet some locals who are benefitting from Oxfam's cash distribution program - and do a bit of giraffe-spotting!
Celebrity chef and GROW ambassador Simon Bryant joined Lord Mayor of Adelaide Stephen Yarwood at the Adelaide Central Markets to launch Fairtrade Fortnight in May 2012.
As these negotiations unfold over the next two and a half weeks, I believe there are five key questions governments will have to address. I will quickly introduce these issues here and write in more detail in the coming days and weeks. Question 1: How strong will the “criteria” be? Some governments want a strong […]
One year after independence, South Sudan is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the war in 2005. These unforgettable photos, mostly taken at Jamam refugee camp, reveal the human side of this alarming situation.
David Grimason has been calling for tighter controls on the trade of weapons since his two-year-old son Alistair was killed during a gunfight in 2003. The youngster was asleep in his pram when an argument broke out at a nearby table in a cafe in Turkey and a man opened fire, killing the toddler. On […]
