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August 13, 2021

Keeping 1.5°C alive in the lead up to COP26

In August we saw the release of the report from the International Panel on Climate Change. It provides the latest...

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November 1, 2018

Leading the way along the Salween River

How one local woman is mobilising villages to show their love for the free-flowing river, and defying those who wish...

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Honkeo in her role as a Community Fishery Facilatator.

February 25, 2016

Women champions conserving the environment for the next generation

Honkeo has a big vision: to empower Indigenous communities and to help them conserve their natural resources for the next...

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Mekong Forum Theatre participants

November 3, 2015

Oxfam brings Mekong communities’ perspectives to the stage

Local communities can be resettled as a result of the building of dams -- and it effects men and women...

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Mekong dams threaten the ethnic group of Shan.

November 17, 2015

Her voice is strong: Nang Shining works to save 40,000 homes

In southern Myanmar, a dam is being built which will flood an area the size of Singapore and impact more...

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Mae Sod leads the campaign against the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Sra Kor village.

October 5, 2015

Two rivers, two women, one dream

Women are becoming frontline activists in the battle against the dams that threaten their communities: “We all have one dream....

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Photo: Savann Oeurm/Oxfam AU

September 7, 2015

The Lower Sesan 2 Dam will soon flood several Cambodian Communities

Chhea's community is threatened by the construction of a large hydropower dam. She shares her concerns and hopes for the...

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Worawan Sukraroek

April 8, 2015

Our gender champions: a story of Sary and Polin

The Mekong river is a vital resource for poor and vulnerable people in the lower Mekong region, including essential water...

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Photo: Robin Narciso/OxfamAUS

December 4, 2014

Women’s Voice for Change: Empowering young women to influence decision makers

Nari is 24 and participates in a local Cambodian program called "Women Talk on Air" -- a program that aims...

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Photo: Robin Narciso/OxfamAUS

September 18, 2014

The Inclusion Project kicked off in the Mekong Region

In the Mekong Region, civil society is growing. NGOs and local communities are working together to build up a network...

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April 26, 2013

Improving transboundary water governance in the Mekong

On 29 and 30 April 2013, Oxfam Australia hosted a roundtable dialogue on water and resource governance in the Mekong...

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