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Ambassadors
Meet the American women leaders who are coming together as Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors.
In Peru, women confront climate change with traditional gardens
Can ancient knowledge help solve today’s problems? Indigenous women in the Amazon believe that it can—and to prove it, they’re going back to their roots.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
The power of resilience
Stand with the Sisters on the Planet
On International Women's Day 2010, over 100 women leaders joined Oxfam with one message: we are Sisters on the Planet. And it's up to us to fight poverty and ...
Majora Carter: ‘Women represent a new vision’
The environmental justice advocate talks with Oxfam about poverty here and abroad, the need for climate change adaptation, and why women can lead the way in ...
Martina's story
Martina Longom campaigned for and helped to build a borehole to make collecting water easier in Caicaoan village, Uganda.
Sharon's story
Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
Muriel's story
Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
Sahena's story
Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
Oxfam in South America
To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
Oxfam in the Horn of Africa
Drought. Conflict. Low crop prices. These are among the realities that poor people across the Horn of Africa face on a daily basis. But with new tools for ...
Group lives up to its name: Coastal Women for Change
Gulf Coast women join together to talk about what was happening in their community, what issues and problems they faced, and how these could be addressed.
From the US and Senegal, stories of climate survival
An Oxfam America speaking tour brings together two women who are leading the fight against climate change.
Women of influence get results on Capitol Hill
Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors generate Congressional support for women who face the devastating effects of climate change.
Congressional resolution recognizes the plight of women in the face of climate change
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