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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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As one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, Australia Day has become a way of celebrating everything...
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Help school the big brands this summer
You know the holidays are over when you starting seeing advertisements for 'Back To School' sales. Unfortunately, many of the...
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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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For Australia’s UN appointment to have credibility, we need lasting reconciliation with our First Peoples
For Australia’s appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Council to have any credibility, the Government should address the significant...
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Budget 2017 fails the fairness test
Last night's Federal Budget was chance to act on rising inequality. It was a chance to champion fairness and to...
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Why the majority of the world’s poor are women
Gender inequality is one of the oldest and most pervasive forms of inequality in the world. It denies women their...
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8 reasons to support the International Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day
On 8 March 2017, International Women’s Day, Oxfam will lend its voice to thousands of women and women’s organizations around...
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It’s time to target the obscene profits of the super-rich
Just eight billionaires are as wealthy as the poorest half of humanity, showing that the global inequality crisis is more...
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Women MPs stride forward, but women’s issues remain lost
The cliff hanger Federal election has been a bitter-sweet moment in the ongoing battle for gender equity in Australia. Oxfam...
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After 228 years, we need some vision
The current Federal Government promised a more proactive approach by placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs within the Prime...
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Budget 2016: Do you know what’s missing?
Budget 2016, it had it all: “the economy”, bracket creep, innovation, nimbleness, agility, debt and deficit. Surely that’s everything, right?...
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The deal is done, now the real work begins…
The Paris agreement is a true landmark. It goes beyond what many thought possible only a month ago. It was...
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