The Global Day of Action for a Financial Transaction Tax
Check out this great new video of the February 17th day of global support for a Robin Hood Tax.
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Time for action! Oxfam delivers your messages to The Just Group
In December last year Herald Sun investigations confirmed that home-based workers in Australia who sew labels such as Portmans and Jacqui-E work under poor conditions with wages as little as $2 an hour.
2011 Labour Video Competition
Have you seen a film that has inspired you to support labour rights? LabourStart's second Labour Video of the Year competition is now open for nominations.
WASH on film: getting started
It’s time to begin filming. It’s a long drive from Phnom Penh, especially with a flat tyre. But we got there and stuck in to a few days filming with local women, men and children from the village.
Not just one day to Close the Gap
Oxfam volunteer Tim Lay reports on National Close the Gap Day activities at the University of Sydney
Put a Price on Pollution – Save the Humans
Last week in Perth Oxfam joined with other human rights and environmental groups to host a very successful climate change rally where we eclipsed the climate change sceptics rally (held the same day) both in number and logic.
A Blueprint for UN Women
What does civil society at country level expect from the new UN women's agency?
University of Sydney helps to close the gap
The annual National Close the Gap Day held on March 24 serves as a focal point of efforts on the Close the Gap campaign. This year was really successful, with over 850 individual events held across the nation.
Haiti: Oxfam trains camp residents to manage water delivery
In the camps where Oxfam works in Port-au-Prince, displaced people are beginning to pay for their own water, an important step towards empowering them to take responsibility for the resource.
Australia’s ban on cluster munitions: Will we set the right example?
Yesterday, the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade was due to deliver its report on its inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010. This is the proposed legislation that will enact Australia’s obligations under the Cluster Munitions Convention, which it signed at the end of 2008.
