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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.
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.
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.
Environmental activists receive death threats
In Guatemala, a deep-rooted culture of violence limits debate about mining and the environment.
"We are united"
An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
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 ...
Field Report from El Salvador
Smart Development in Practice Series
Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
Pollution risk at new gold mine in Ghana exposed
Journalist in Ghana writes about environmental risks, wins award.
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 ...
Early rains reveal vulnerability of many communities in El Salvador
The rainy season has only just begun and El Salvador is already mourning its first landslide victims.
Congressional Testimony: The Implementation of DR-CAFTA
A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
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
OXFAMExchange Spring 2003
Red Tomato, ethnic discrimination and the Mayan defense, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, and community radio breathes life into democracy in Senegal
OXFAMExchange Fall 2003
Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
"My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ...
More valuable than gold
Andrea Perera explores how, for those living on gold deposits in Ghana, free, prior, and informed consent means the right to define the terms of development ...
Lure of clean water: some displaced Chadians may not return
In temporary settlements in eastern Chad, displaced people have found some comfort in the new things around them: clean water and access to a large market.
Like the baobabs, cereal banks help Gambians weather hard times
Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the ...
Interview: Victor Campos
Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
Interview: Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
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