Domestic worker rights: Dignity overdue
Domestic workers are among the most exploited workers in the world. According to human rights and labour organisations, action to support domestic workers rights is well and truly overdue.
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What women want? The voice of women workers at the UN
Union delegates at the 55th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women report that while increasing numbers of women are participating in tertiary level science and technology education, this has not translated into equal career opportunities or equal pay.
Supporting 9,000 in a camp in Haiti
Richard Atkinson visits Corrail camp in Haiti, where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation after January 2010’s earthquake.
Oxfam at the Kew Community Festival
An update form the Oxfam campaigning team, and what they got up to at the Kew Community Festival.
Strong women, extraordinary challenges
As a migrant worker Nining was under pressure to survive in her new environment as well as to provide support to her parents and family back home. At the same time, Nining could not stand the way that workers were treated and exploited within the factory.
Jeans sandblasting and the real fashion victims
A growing number of global denim brands have taken action to end the life threatening practise of sandblasting. But there is still a long way to go towards a global ban. Labels including Dolce & Gabbana, Benneton and Diesel are refusing to take action.
International Women’s Day 2011: The human faces of climate change
International Women's Day 2011 was a lazily hot Monday in Melbourne's Federation Square for Oxfam volunteer Allen Ai Lilun.
Coastal erosion and polluted ground water on Tuvalu
The small and utterly remote island of Nukufetau, Tuvalu, is severely affected by coastal erosion and water scarcity. Many of the islanders can’t afford expensive rainwater tanks and are forced to drink polluted ground water.
Fill the fund: Send your climate messages to the UN
Last year the climate talks in Cancun saw the successful establishment of a global Climate Fund, one of our core campaigns asks last year. You can help make sure the Climate Fund is filled with cash so it can provide life-saving support to help the world’s poorest people fight the effects of climate change.
Tsunami response: Oxfam Japan to fund two partners helping mothers and babies, and non-Japanese nationals
In response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Oxfam Japan is appealing for public donations for two partner organizations, one that is assisting mothers and babies and the other providing information to non-Japanese speakers living in Japan.
