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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 ...
- Mission incomplete
- Why civilians remain at risk in eastern Chad
- 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 ...
- Arms Without Borders
- Why a globalized trade needs global controls
- Between Hope and Fear in Northern Uganda
- Challenges on the ground and an urgent need for peace
- 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.
- "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.
- Conflict surges in Congo
- Atrocities are being committed against villagers in remote areas of Eastern Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army and the FDLR rebel group ...
- Grave concerns over conditions for civilians who escaped Sri Lanka's war zone
- Pakistan faces greatest internal displacement of people in its history; Oxfam doubles aid effort
- Thousands at risk as families flee Pakistan conflict
- Rethinking culture: changing practices and proverbs in Oromiya
- Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
- Oxfam evacuates aid workers from Chad capital
- Oxfam has evacuated its international staff from its N'Djamena office, following the latest upsurge in fighting in the Chadian capital.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- UN-backed military operation in eastern Congo likely to cause widespread suffering for thousands of civilians warns Oxfam
- Thousands of homes burned in new atrocities in Eastern Congo, villagers tell Oxfam
- Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict
- As food prices rise, Oxfam programs help decrease worry
- Combining two different programs, farmers are learning to share information, save profits, and grow more rice.
- Consequences of the Proliferation and Misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict
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