Yemen: reopening of ports to aid only is pitiful bartering with people's lives In response to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition's announcement to reopen Hodeidah port and Sanaa airport to humanitarian assistance, Oxfam says this is an empt
Yemen: 12 days into the blockade - "We’re are running out of fuel, food, and medicines” 12 days since land, air and seaports in Yemen were closed, Oxfam and 13 other aid agencies are appalled by the complacency and indifference of the internatio
In a year of non-stop climate disasters, COP 23 offers scant support With the United Nations’ climate conference drawing to a close, it’s clear there’s been very little progress on how to help people affected by climate change
Hasten push for peace or be complicit in the country's famine, Oxfam tells leading powers on Yemen Seven million people are on the brink of famine, yet the deepening crisis in Yemen is completely avoidable if decision makers re-open ports and stop supplyin
Humanitarian agencies condemn the closure of Yemen's air, sea and land ports Oxfam and 17 other humanitarian agencies expressed serious concern today over the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition’s decision to temporarily close all entry points
People in poorer countries five times more likely to be displaced by extreme weather People in low and lower-middle income countries were five times more likely to be forced from their homes by “sudden-onset” weather disasters, like floods an
Winnie Byanyima joins International Labour Organization Commission on Future of Work Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, is joining the high-level international body that will address the challenges of the rapidly
Reform of aid rules must work for people in poverty At a meeting at the OECD in Paris on the future of development aid, governments of the world’s richest countries promoted the use of development aid to suppo
Winnie Byanyima Appointed to Global Economic Transformation Commission Led by Nobel Laureates Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has been appointed to a new "Commission on Global Economic Transformation" led by Nobel Prize-winning
Multinationals still favored by governments, new EU tax investigation reveals The European Commission has shown yet again how EU governments grant unfair tax schemes to powerful multinationals, Oxfam said reacting to the opeing of a ne
