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A simple guide to patents and trademarks
Feature Story
| Jan 17, 2007
Patents and trademarks—otherwise known as IP (intellectual property)—and why it is so important for poor countries.
Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
Feature Story
| Jan 12, 2007
Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
Small investments, big changes
Feature Story
| Jan 09, 2007
Oxfam America's Saving for Change program in Mali is helping more than 24,000 women save money, invest in small businesses, and become more active in their communities.
Oxfam builds support for human rights at meat processing plant
Feature Story
| Dec 19, 2006
Oxfam America is concerned about the human rights of the thousands of employees who work at a blinding pace at the facility without any of the protections a union could offer them.
In Jiabi, Chinese government and local people build dike together
Feature Story
| Dec 19, 2006
Oxfam partner invites villagers and county officials to share ideas about development and the environment.
Access to medicines means access to life
Feature Story
| Dec 08, 2006
During a US tour, Thai activists explain how a trade agreement could limit access to affordable HIV and AIDS drugs.
Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
Feature Story
| Dec 06, 2006
Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
News Update
| Nov 28, 2006
More that 15 percent of all Salvadorans don't consider acts of sexual violence a crime, according to a public opinion poll about gender-based violence.
From drought to floods: nine months in Ethiopia
Feature Story
| Nov 21, 2006
One of Oxfam America's humanitarian press officers recounts her time in Ethiopia in 2006.
Signs point to success: reducing disaster risks in El Salvador
Feature Story
| Nov 07, 2006
Thorough planning helps everyone reach safety in emergencies, even in the poorest communities.
New fair trade company takes on the top bananas with Oxfam's support
Feature Story
| Nov 06, 2006
Tropical fruit importer has a simple mission: improve the lives of poor banana farmers and workers.
Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
Feature Story
| Oct 30, 2006
Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
Research that could save lives: HIV and the tsunami disaster
Feature Story
| Oct 12, 2006
In southern India, vulnerability to HIV spiked in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
An Oxfam well driller hunts for water
Feature Story
| Sep 27, 2006
Under a scorching sun, Oxfam well drillers attempt to find new sources of water for people in Sudan.
A Darfur camp of mud bricks feels permanent
Feature Story
| Sep 27, 2006
A surge in building homes from mud bricks has eased a housing shortage, but accelerated a water shortage in western Sudan.
Spirit world
Feature Story
| Aug 15, 2006
Acknowledging and working with spiritual leaders is essential to long-term changes leading to better respect for women and their rights.
Guardians of culture hold key to change
Feature Story
| Aug 15, 2006
Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society.
"The" Trade Debate
Feature Story
| Jul 19, 2006
DR-CAFTA became a symbolic debate about free trade in the Americas—and the world.
Resistance in Central America
Feature Story
| Jul 19, 2006
Central Americans worked hard to change the content of DR-CAFTA, as well as the way it was being negotiated.
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