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- 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 ...
- 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.
- Numbers don't lie
- Early success of innovative finance program impresses experts in Mali.
- Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
- Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
- Pasture pressure
- Erratic rains and encroaching bush limits grasslands for herders in southern Ethiopia.
- Building a better well
- Steady supply of water in rehabilitated well brings joy to a community in southern Ethiopia.
- First the rivers, then the forests: a fragile balance
- Rural communities are struggling to survive as they lose their resources one at a time.
- "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 ...
- Joanna Manu: community activist in Ghana
- Joanna Manu learns how to defend her rights and stands firm in protecting the environment in her community.
- 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.
- "We are united"
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
- Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
- Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
- The Majaz effect
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
- Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
- New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
- Rethinking culture: changing practices and proverbs in Oromiya
- 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.
- Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
- New attention on ChevronTexaco case
- President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
- Improvements big and small in East Asia
- Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise.
- Green Watershed wins second award of the year
- Oxfam partner in China wins water conservation-themed competition.
- Green Watershed earns top honors
- Oxfam partner wins award for sustainable development project in China.
- Feeding Zimbabwe: Association of Women's Clubs
- The 60,000-member association purchases and distributes grain to the most vulnerable communities.
- 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 ...
- Amazon Defense Front wins prestigious environmental prize
- Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador are recognized for their effort to protect the natural world with the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2008.
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