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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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Curtin Students Stand Up to End Poverty
Students from Curtin recently participated in a noisy two-hour lobby and activism workshop, culminating in a Stand Up event led...
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International Day of Peace
Today, September 21st, is the International Day of Peace. First put in place by the United Nations in 1981, this...
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Pakistan floods: Shazed and Zeenat
It’s been more than two months since the onset of flooding in Pakistan, and the world is still only beginning...
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John Butler Trio supports the Close the Gap Campaign
The John Butler Trio are committed to the ongoing struggle for justice and equality for Indigenous Australians. Oxfam intern Giselle...
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UN Summit on MDGs
Currently underway in New York City, the UN is holding a summit to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals,...
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Stand Up in Sydney
It was a glorious day in Sydney for Stand Up 2010 - with indigenous dance performances alongside harmonicas, whistles and...
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Meeting Ursula – a real story even more brought to life
Here in Brisbane we've been very fortunate to have Carteret Islander campaigner and CEO of Tulele Peisa Ursula Rakova in...
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UN MDG Summit: a plan for action?
On the eve of the UN Summit on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals, it is time for Australia...
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Make Poverty History newspaper delivery
In August, hundreds of Make Poverty History volunteers distributed 50,000 copies of our free newspaper 'EMC' on the streets of...
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Helping gardens grow
Somawathi Gunapala, from Pillanduwa village, in central Sri Lanka picks ripe snake beans from the vegetable garden she has established...
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Pakistan floods: Unbearable loss, unexpected hospitality
Oxfam staff member Jane Beesley is currently traveling throughout Pakistan, surveying the extent of the flood's damage and assessing the...
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The Climate Campaign v Make Poverty History
Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB and author of 'From Poverty to Power' comments on the differences between...
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