Category: Campaigning for change
Stay up to date with Oxfam’s various campaigns.
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Will this election bring change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples?
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There have been significant cuts in the past two budgets affecting Indigenous health and legal aid services. Eddie Cubillo, 2015 National Indigenous Legal Professional of the year, hopes this election will bring justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Read more »
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“My mother taught us not to run when you are scared”
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Berta Cáceres was brutally murdered on 2 March 2016. Why and by whom? Two months after her death there have been arrests, but investigations need to continue. The answers are clear however, to her daughter Bertha and the members of Berta’s organisation. Read more »
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How people power changed the world’s biggest brands
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The Behind the Brands campaign has pressured food giants like Nestlé, Mondelez, Mars, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg to change their policies for people and the planet. Three years later, how far have these companies come? Read more »
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Be fashion forward this weekend (and beyond)
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To be ‘fashion forward’ is to be ahead of the curve: not just in terms of design and materials, but more importantly, around how your clothes are made. Find out which companies are moving towards a fairer future, and which companies are trying hide their tracks. Read more »
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Oxfam supports Safe Schools
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Oxfam Australia has become an official supporter of the Safe Schools Coalition, pledging our support for the vital program it provides for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students, staff and families. Read more »
![Daniel Kaltonga, 35, is a fisherman and farmer on Vanuatu’s main island of Efate. He’s been told to relocate his family from their seaside home due to the risk of tidal surges similar to the one that swept through his village during Tropical Cyclone Pam. Photo: Arlene Bax/OxfamAUS Efate, Vanuatu: Daniel stand on a beach holding a fishing spear and leaning on a withered palm tree.](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Vanuatu_Cyclone-Pam_81138_Arlene-Bax_1170.jpg)
Is climate change outwitting traditional knowledge?
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More than one year after Tropical Cyclone Pam ripped through Vanuatu, families are still battling the devastating effects of the aftermath and other climate change related impacts. Communities could once cope with traditional practices, but there’s now strong new evidence that suggests they’ve reached their limit. Read more »
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Five ways to a healthy future for all Australians
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Today on National Close the Gap Day, take one or more of these five actions to show your support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality. Read more »
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10 years of Close the Gap, 10 amazing milestones
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The Close the Gap campaign aims to end the appalling life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030. Together, we’ve started to Close the Gap. Here are 10 of our favourite milestones over the last 10 years: Read more »
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What do Jamie Oliver, Bette Midler, Don Cheadle and 120,000 others have in common?
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The fact that just 62 people own as much as half the world’s population has made headlines around the world, but it’s just one step in the fight to get the action needed from governments, big business and the mega rich to reverse the tide of extreme inequality. Read more »
![Photo: Martin Wurt/OxfamAUS Oxfam staffers at the Climate March rally](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Climate-change-march_Martin-Wurt_1170x500.jpg)
Climate justice: so hot right now!
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2015 was a year of extremes. It was the hottest year on record for our earth. But 2015 also swept in a wave of extreme hope. You and I, along with millions of our sisters and brothers around the world, stood up and took real action on climate change. Read more »