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Sharon's story
Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
Rape, attack, torture surge in eastern Congo, says new Oxfam survey
The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
A tsunami research journal article
Rape: one global step toward stopping it
A new bill proposes a five-year strategy to address violence against women in countries around the world, particularly during times of conflict and ...
Eyewitness in Congo: Godefroid Marhegane
A first-hand account from staff member Godefroid Marhegane, who lives in Goma with his wife and six children.
Taking steps toward gender equity
In Tamil Nadu, India, Oxfam study finds approaches that work.
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 ...
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.
A force of nature
Three years after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina, one grassroots leader is harnessing the power of community.
OXFAMExchange Fall 2007
Moving Toward Lasting Solutions in Gambia
In Congo, women face sexual violence and legacy of shame
Spilling beyond the conflict that has swept the region, sexual violence is now beginning to corrode the core of traditional Congolese communities.
In retirement, Fernando finds a golden opportunity helping coir workers
Four years after the tsunami, the women are earning double and in some cases triple what they made before.
Sexual violence in DR Congo
Oxfam's striking short film, shot in eastern Congo in 2008, elevates the stories of women working to overcome brutality and asks viewers to take action by ...
In Her Own Words
Iraqi women talk about their greatest concerns and challenges.
Free, Quality Education for Every Afghan Child
With the establishment of democracy, the main symbol of Afghanistan's regeneration lay in the dream of educating every child–boy and girl. However, there ...
Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
Banking on a future
In a community where women previously were not consulted on business decisions, today they are ensuring economic and food security for themselves and their ...
UN-backed military operation in eastern Congo likely to cause widespread suffering for thousands of civilians warns Oxfam
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves.
Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.
A Darfur mother faces bleak choices in camp for 15,000 people
Collecting firewood and fodder are tasks full of risk for this Darfur mother. But without them, she won't be able to care for her family.
Eastern DR Congo as bad as 2008, says Oxfam
Agency scales up to provide water and sanitation to 150,000 newly displaced people
A lesson in rights
A crowded urban school benefits from strong ideals of peace, citizenship, and human rights.
With early warning, small problems in Ethiopia won't grow
Around the southern Ethiopia border town of Moyale, where herders compete to eke a living from often-parched pasture land, a mysterious disease is slowly ...
Oxfam Impact January 2009
Altering the course of water—and women's lives.
Iraqi women in the grip of 'silent emergency' despite security gains, warns Oxfam
A surge of state aid for women and their families, investment in basic services, urgently needed; 75 percent of widows interviewed not receiving pension.
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