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- Guatemala: Heart of our Mother Earth
- Indigenous Maya people in western Guatemala are calling on the government to suspend operations at the Marlin Mine, and investigate violent human rights ...
- Climate change on canvas
- Oxfam is exhibiting art from around the world at the UN conference in Poznan, Poland.
- Landslide compounds Mexico's flood disaster
- A tiny seed and a big idea
- Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
- Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons
- But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest.
- Gebru Kahsay relies on rain but has the security of insurance
- If harvests fail because of poor rain, some teff farmers in Ethiopia now have a back-up plan.
- Weather insurance offers Ethiopian farmers hope—despite drought
- For the first time, poor farmers can now buy insurance for teff, a staple grain that feeds their families.
- Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work
- This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff.
- Oxfam America awarded Rockefeller Foundation grant for climate change resilience in poor countries
- In the grip of drought
- Ethiopians find ways to fight back
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
- The power of resilience
- The Right to Survive
- The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
- Exposed: Social vulnerability and climate change in the US Southeast
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- Adaptation 101
- How climate change hurts poor communities—and how we can help
- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- The climate after Copenhagen
- Oxfam America’s assessment of the COP-15 and the road ahead.
- A fresh look at the green economy
- Jobs that build resilience to climate change
- Now More Than Ever: Climate talks work for those who need them most
- The world’s governments are gathering in Cancun, Mexico, for the next round of global climate negotiations amid much apathy and disenchantment with the ...
- Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
- Learn how four communities around the world are fighting back against climate change, and how you can help.
- Saving for Change
- Oxfam America has pioneered an alternative microfinance model called Saving for Change, which self-replicates on a large scale and at a low cost, serving those ...
- Saving for Change members celebrate International Women’s Day
- In El Salvador, opportunities to save and invest in small businesses come with training and reflection on food.
- The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
- More that 15 percent of all Salvadorans don't consider acts of sexual violence a crime, according to a public opinion poll about gender-based violence.
- One step forward in campaign to end violence against women
- El Salvador’s legislative assembly passes new law regarding violence against women.
- Oxfam: Last minute package breathes life into UN climate talks
- "La Ruta del Arte" an artistic way to prevent gender-based violence
- Music, dance, theatre, and painting help teach young people how to stop violence against women and girls in El Salvador.
- Climate change talks must deliver following record year of extreme weather
- International celebrities to climate negotiators: “You must do better”
- Investments in climate resilience a win-win for poor, businesses and American jobs
- Drought early warning in Ethiopia
- Women's local knowledge is the key to an early warning system designed to lessen the impact of drought in Ethiopia.
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