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- Caught on the wrong side of a gold boom
- Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how to hold mining companies and government accountable.
- Dead fish and acid pollution point to cyanide in stream
- Farmers in Ghana affected by chemical spill call on government to investigate and punish polluters.
- A new leader of concerned farmers in rural Ghana
- Emilia Amoateng helps defend the rights of fellow villagers, presses a legal case for compensation for their lost farms.
- Conflict in Darfur
- Oxfam is providing critical water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur; we are also distributing ...
- By leveraging a tiny U.S. investment, people like Emiliana Aligaesha, Nana Kojo Kondua IV, Manuel Dominguez, and Martha Kwataine are creating a sound future ...
- La Oroya, Peru: Poisoned town
- American-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable.
- La Oroya speaks to Washington
- Citizens of polluted city in Peru take their case to US Congress.
- Guatemalan government continues to ignore ruling of human rights commission
- Public events put spotlight on non-compliance with precautionary measures recommendation.
- Guatemalan human rights and environmental advocates under threat
- Oxfam calls on government to ensure safety of CALAS officials and investigate origins of death threats.
- A new law changes the landscape for Peru's indigenous people
- Oxfam and partners joined forces to support the consultation law, which gives communities greater decision-making power over their natural resources and ...
- Q&A: La Oroya's future
- A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La ...
- Marlin Mine: Violence and pollution lead to call for suspension
- Concerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western ...
- Congress ramps up pressure on SEC to fully implement oil payment transparency law
- OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
- Africa's last famine?
- New campaign calls on oil industry and Securities and Exchange Commission to support transparency law
- Case Study: Bolivian Government Consultation with the Guaraní Indigenous Peoples of Charagua Norte and Isoso
- Proposed hydrocarbons exploration project in San Isidro Block Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Prior Consultation: The Situation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
- This study illustrates the barriers to exercising the right to prior consultation and consent in each of these four countries, and is intended to encourage ...
- Guatemala: Heart of our Mother Earth
- Indigenous Maya people in western Guatemala are calling on the government to suspend operations at the Marlin Mine, and investigate violent human rights ...
- Looking them in the eye
- In Ghana, a young woman learns to lead in a village flooded by water draining from an underground mine shaft.
- Knowledge is power
- Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice.
- Leadership from the bottom up
- Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills.
- Oxfam praises new bill to restore Gulf Coast communities, ecosystems and create jobs post-oil spill
- Protect Community Rights and Resources Fact Sheet
- Over 60 percent of the world's poorest people live in countries rich in natural resources—but they rarely share in the wealth. Too often, poor communities have ...
- Millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa
- Oxfam America is responding to the crisis with emergency assistance that includes food and cash-for-work programs that aim to help about 350,000 people.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
- The power of resilience
- What’s in a stove?
- In Darfur, fuel-efficient stoves benefit the environment and much more.
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- Adaptation 101
- How climate change hurts poor communities—and how we can help
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