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- Cultivating Poverty
- The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
- West Africa asks, "Where is my gold?"
- Oxfam America and leading civil society organizations in West Africa are launching a week of action aimed at raising public awareness about the mining industry ...
- Mission incomplete
- Why civilians remain at risk in eastern Chad
- Small investments, big changes
- 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 ...
- Fighting malaria is fighting poverty
- Organizing women in Saving for Change groups helps them to reduce the threat of malaria.
- Gradual change in the status of women
- Saving for Change doesn't just help women earn money—it is a means to change their role in the family and the village.
- Numbers don't lie
- Early success of innovative finance program impresses experts in Mali.
- "This is the future"
- After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano people of eastern Bolivia now have legal title to ...
- "Without land there is no life"
- Elba Flores, head of research at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), describes the struggle of the Chiquitano people to overcome racism.
- Joanna Manu: community activist in Ghana
- Joanna Manu learns how to defend her rights and stands firm in protecting the environment in her community.
- Land and heritage at risk in Ghana
- A proposal to mine in a forest reserve raises concerns about the environment and the future of a nearby farming community.
- 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) ...
- From Cancun to Miami
- The FTAA Threat to Development in the Hemisphere
- Grounds for Change
- Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable ...
- The Majaz effect
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
- Referendum on Rio Blanco mining project
- "Do you agree with having mining activity in the district of Carmen de la Frontera?" This is the question that thousands of citizens will answer on Sunday ...
- Pollution risk at new gold mine in Ghana exposed
- Journalist in Ghana writes about environmental risks, wins award.
- Peruvian village sees pollution, few benefits from gas pipeline project
- Gas spills and lack of attention to community development raise questions in the forest villages of indigenous people affected by the Camisea pipeline.
- Oxfam America denounces death threats against rights advocate in Peru
- Calls on the authorities to investigate death threats and intimidation.
- Oxfam America and ECOWAS to create new mining code
- Oxfam America and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on April 4, 2008 to collaborate on creating a common mining code for all of ...
- Majority who voted say 'No' to Majaz Mining Company
- Citizens express their will in peaceful referendum in Peru.
- Interview: Pablo Fajardo
- Pablo Fajardo is the Amazon Defense Front's legal coordinator for the case against Texaco.
- 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 ...
- Chile: Struggling for the right to decide
- Farmers use the law to defend their water and their rights—but can't block a massive tailings dam.
- Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Peru
- A Proposed Mine in Tambogrande, Peru: An Alternative Look
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2007
- Creating Peace
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2008
- Hard Questions about Ghana's Gold Boom
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
- Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2003
- Mary Robinson on human rights, functional literacy in West Africa, and saving the family farm
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