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
Increased EU development aid must reach those most in need, NGOs say A coalition of NGOs has welcomed the European Parliament's vote to increase humanitarian and development aid in the EU budget 2018, but call on the EU to ens
EU bioenergy reform: good first step, but far more needed to help climate and people In a key committee vote on the reform of the EU bioenergy policy, the European Parliament has improved the reform proposal, but Oxfam says it does not do eno
More funds needed to help Rohingya women who have fled rape and violence More than 300,000 women and girls who have fled rape and violence are not getting the protection and help they need because of lack of funds.
Greece: asylum seekers in abysmal conditions on islands Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should end the Greek government’s “containment policy” of confining asylum seekers to the Aegean islands, 19 human rights and h
