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Protect and serve or train and equip?
- US security assistance and protection of civilians
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Caught in the Conflict
- Civilians and the international security strategy in Afghanistan
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For a Safer Tomorrow
- This report, based on Oxfam International's experience in most of the world's conflicts, sets out an ambitious agenda to protect civilians in times of warfare.
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OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
- Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
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The Right to Survive
- The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
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OXFAMExchange Winter 2003
- Mary Robinson on human rights, functional literacy in West Africa, and saving the family farm
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Climate change linked to human rights violations
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Oxfam America to promote the rights of communities impacted by oil, gas, and mining development
- Aid group calls for mandatory disclosure legislation
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Troop surge in Afghanistan must not endanger civilians, warn aid agencies
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Number of people affected by climate disaster up 54 percent by 2015
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UN-backed military operation in eastern Congo likely to cause widespread suffering for thousands of civilians warns Oxfam
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Take Action: Democratic Republic of Congo
- According to Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief in DRC from 2003-06, casualties in Congo amount to "a tsunami every month, year in and year out, for the ...
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Conflict in DRC
- Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has cost nearly 5.4 million lives. Many have fled to neighboring countries or temporary camps, and government ...
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A lesson in rights
- A crowded urban school benefits from strong ideals of peace, citizenship, and human rights.
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A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
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An act of courage
- Gaspard Onokoko is a man of peace, and a courageous defender of human rights.
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An open letter to the President
- Oxfam President Raymond C. Offenheiser appeals to President Obama to focus on key poverty-related issues.
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Bolivian indigenous groups attacked
- Oxfam expresses solidarity with Chiquitano indigenous people in eastern Bolivia after their offices are ransacked and leaders are threatened.
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Bolivian legal research organization firebombed
- Oxfam America's South America regional office expressed concern and sympathy regarding the attack on the Centre for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS) ...
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Building a culture of peace in Senegal
- In a region reeling from over 20 years of war, students learn about peace, respect, human rights, and how to resolve conflicts peacefully.
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Conflict surrounds expansion of Peru gold mine
- Local communities turn to legal measures to protect land, water.
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Crossing the cultural divide
- In the mountains of Peru, indigenous leaders are taking a multicultural approach to overcoming centuries of racism and discrimination—and fighting poverty.
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Darfur five years on: five steps forward
- Five years since the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, first erupted, 4.5 million people are caught in its grip and are in need of aid. As the violence continues, that ...
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Darfur video Q & A
- We asked Oxfam supporters to tell us what they wanted to know about the crisis in Darfur—and received an overwhelming response.
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Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
- Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
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Demolished Ghanaian village wins court decision
- Mining company gets bill for houses, school destroyed in 1997.
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Environmental activists receive death threats
- In Guatemala, a deep-rooted culture of violence limits debate about mining and the environment.
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Escalation of the crisis in Congo: November 2008
- A fresh wave of conflict in eastern Congo has forced a new round of displacement and violence.
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For resettled community, not all are satisfied with new home
- New clinic doesn't quite make up for lost lands, higher expenses for displaced farmers.
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Human rights violations follow the money
- Groundbreaking hearings on the responsibility of the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to respect human rights exposes violations related to loans ...
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