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As hopes for a legally binding deal faded in the last negotiating hours of the climate summit, Robert Bailey, Senior spokesperson for Oxfam International said: “It is shameful that after two years of blood, sweat and tears, we didn’t finish the marathon on time.

The Trustees Report highlights the work of Oxfam International Secretariat as part of the confederation, including our strategic leadership and global impact. 

Learn about our lessons and key takeaways from country teams implementing the Global Inequality Influencing (GINI) Program. This report aims to inspire other teams seeking practical, context-sensitive guidance to shape effective, decolonial, and risk-aware approaches to tackling economic inequality.

At a moment of growing pressure on multilateralism and the United Nations (UN), the new UN Secretary-General (UN SG) selection is pivotal. The new UN SG's office is also crucial for protecting public space, dissent and civic freedoms enshrined in the UN Charter, International Law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore, #HandsOffOurSpaces campaign is campaigning for principled, feminist and committed UNSG.

We need to transform our economies to deliver universal health, education and other public services. To make this possible, the richest people and corporations should pay their fair share of tax. This will drive a dramatic reduction in the gap between rich and poor and between women and men.

After more than 65,000 people took action to urge chocolate companies to do the right thing for women cocoa farmers, Mars and Nestle have made commitments to begin to tackle the inequality faced by women in their cocoa supply chains.

Campaigners today say radical changes must be made to the latest draft of the Arms Trade Treaty by the Presidency of the Conference, if the treaty is to save lives.

The strategy to end extreme poverty and support inclusive growth is an important milestone for the World Bank and Oxfam welcomes Jim Kim’s vision and commitment.

Since 2000, companies in G8 countries have acquired land in developing countries more than the size of the whole of Ireland. This is enough to feed 96 million people every year – almost the total population of the UK and Canada.

Today, the European Parliament voted on its position on a carbon border tariff for companies exporting to the EU (the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). In response, Chiara Putaturo, Oxfam EU Tax expert, said: “Forcing the poorest countries to pay this tariff is unfair. Europeans are responsible for double the carbon emissions as those in the poorest half of the world since 1990. This decision allows rich countries to pass the buck to those least responsible for the climate crisis.