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- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- Holding onto the mangroves
- In some areas around Acajutla, El Salvador, mangrove forests have been severely reduced—replaced by fill and the simple homes of some of the country's poorest ...
- In Jiabi, Chinese government and local people build dike together
- Oxfam partner invites villagers and county officials to share ideas about development and the environment.
- Guardians of culture hold key to change
- Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society.
- Gambian villagers find hope in easy-to-fix hand pumps
- Through a series of emergency programs, Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan ...
- 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.
- Dream of rights for women
- The vision of equity drives new effort to defend rights and defeat HIV/AIDS.
- Cambodian fishers work to protect floating villages
- Oxfam partner trains community leaders to negotiate development on Tonle Sap Lake.
- Balancing culture, new law in Mozambique
- Educating traditional leaders builds respect for women and their rights in the new Family Law.
- Eastern DR Congo as bad as 2008, says Oxfam
- Agency scales up to provide water and sanitation to 150,000 newly displaced people
- Congressional resolution recognizes the plight of women in the face of climate change
- A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
- A lesson in rights
- A crowded urban school benefits from strong ideals of peace, citizenship, and human rights.
- Zimbabwe looks to new domestic violence law
- Women's Coalition writes a progressive law and pushes it through Parliament.
- Women's bank in Mexico wins prize for its loan programs
- UNIFEM awards prize to CECAMO for their innovative efforts on behalf of women entrepreneurs in Oaxaca.
- With Oxfam's help, women become entrepreneurs in Khartoum market
- Oxfam's partner helps women in Khartoum launch businesses that support their families.
- 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 ...
- Violence against women at root of HIV/AIDS crisis
- Oxfam partners mobilize public, research ways to improve respect for women and reduce the infection rate.
- Village wells with hand pumps improve lives of Ethiopian women
- Two-hour treks to fetch water several times a day are now a thing of the past for some women in Ethiopia's Bacho district.
- Pumps, wells replace hot, dusty trek to haul water
- Una vida diferente: women create a different life
- A campaign in El Salvador to reduce violence against women is forcing people to take a hard look at their culture and painful history of violence.
- Río Blanco: history of a mismatch in Peru
- Here is a summary of the facts that have marked the relationship between the mining company and the local communities.
- Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
- How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader.
- Oxfam Impact January 2009
- Altering the course of water—and women's lives.
- Oxfam Impact February 2007
- Small Investments, Big Changes
- 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.
- Spirit world
- Acknowledging and working with spiritual leaders is essential to long-term changes leading to better respect for women and their rights.
- World Bank Announces Funding Approval for Peru Pipeline Project
- The IFC pledges $300 million to fund Camisea II pipeline project; Oxfam warns of serious implications for indigenous communities and the environment.
- Oxfam Reaction to New Climate Change Legislation
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