Features
Stories from around the world highlighting the issues which arise when poverty is combined with gender inequality.
Escaping the violence
Long subjected to abuse and domination in their homes, Indian women are regaining control of their lives.
Real lives: Khalida Brohi, Pakistan
Honour killings are a cultural reality in Pakistan. Oxfam International Youth Partnerships action partner Khalida Brohi tells how she is striving to end the practice in her deeply conservative community.
Breaking the silence on gender violence
In countries like Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Mozambique nearly half of all women have suffered violence in the home. Oxfam is working with men and women from all walks of life to try and change the deeply entrenched behaviours and attitudes that accept violence against women as normal.