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When you support Oxfam, you help create a world without the inequality that fuels poverty. Here’s what that looks like for the communities we work with.
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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.
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Positive signs on aid from PM and Cabinet
Strategically loitering (with intent to lobby) before the commencement of the community cabinet in Perth we managed to catch up...
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Burma: Why Australia must act now
By Claire Spoors, Publish What You Pay Australia Coordinator I recently travelled to Parliament House in Canberra with Burmese activists...
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Strikes, Spookytown, and a traumatic exit from feudalism
In the Western Cape, scenic is an understatement: lush vineyards festooned with bougainvillea at the feet of colossal bare rock...
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The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 6
HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami...
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The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 5
HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami...
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Success in Cambodia
Khvan Ry and his wife Van Sineth from Kratie province in Cambodia have asked that we pass on their thanks...
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Arms Trade Treaty a victory for victims of armed violence
Today at the United Nations in New York, we have been part of making history. 155 governments including Australia have...
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History made as Arms Trade Treaty agreed
On 2 April 2013, history was made as the Arms Trade Treaty – the first agreement to control global arms...
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Support workers rights in Indonesia
In countries like Indonesia, many women and men making goods for big-name brands are struggling to make ends meet. Workers...
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#VoteYes on #ArmsTreaty tomorrow
Tomorrow we are hoping to make history. After 10 years of campaigning for a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty that...
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Marching through the streets of Tunis at the World Social Forum 2013
By Oxfam Australia’s Lauren Robertson – blogging from Tunisia We walked down to Mohammad Bouazizi Square in central Tunis on...
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Oxfam’s latest efforts to push for strong Arms Trade Treaty – New York
On the penultimate day of the ATT negotiations we got the media’s attention early morning with a helicopter assembled on a...
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