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August 2, 2022

Youth voices from 15 years of the Gaza blockade

2022 marks 15 years of the Gaza blockade, which continues to prevent young people from achieving their dreams and living...

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April 22, 2020

Beyond Covid-19: could we create a more sustainable world?

What will the world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis mean for the two defining and interconnected challenges of our age:...

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December 17, 2019

Turning your emergency donation into instant aid with Blockchain

New Blockchain technology has the potential to deliver emergency cash transfers in a faster, cheaper and more transparent fashion than...

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August 27, 2019

Dabessa’s Story

Dabessa and his wife Lelisse are members of the Oromo ethnic community in Ethiopia. After nine long years of persecution,...

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August 21, 2019

Lucy’s Story

Originally from South Sudan, Lucy has lived in Australia since 1991. She was separated from her three-year-old daughter Susan in...

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February 28, 2018

Syria: Civilians in urgent need as violence escalates in Ghouta

"I can hear children crying as they listen to the thunderous shelling and mortars". Moutaz Adham, Oxfam's Country Director, Syria...

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January 26, 2018

Rohingya refugee mothers tell their story

More than half of the 626,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are women and girls. There are 120,000 pregnant women and...

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December 15, 2017

The latest push for peace in South Sudan: we must end this war.

It's been five years since civil war broke out in South Sudan. Earlier this year, Oxfam International's Executive Director, Winnie...

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December 20, 2017

We must not fail the Rohingya again

Oxfam International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, calls on the international community to plug the funding aid gap, and international leaders...

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December 8, 2017

Bearing witness on Manus Island

Oxfam Australia's Humanitarian Lead, Meg Quartermaine, traveled to Manus Island as part of an Australian delegation of INGOs to explore...

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March 31, 2017

“I am worried about my children. What will they eat?”

For more than 16 months, Ethiopia has been in drought. Water reserves are running out, crops are burnt and dying,...

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March 24, 2017

How we’re scraping by through the Yemen war

With the international media focused on the war in Syria, the Yemeni crisis is largely forgotten. The country is under...

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