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- Instead of tea: Respect
- A savings group in Senegal breeds entrepreneurs and independence on just a few cents a week.
- Photos, panel discussion demonstrate impact of oil extraction on Nigeria and other African nations
- Oxfam expert explains that oil revenues do not always translate into money to fight poverty.
- "Africa's future is up to Africans"
- President Obama's first speech in sub-Saharan Africa hits important points on good governance, responsible use of natural resources, trade, and defeating ...
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
- Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
- Majora Carter: ‘Women represent a new vision’
- The environmental justice advocate talks with Oxfam about poverty here and abroad, the need for climate change adaptation, and why women can lead the way in ...
- Djimon Hounsou learns how US subsidies affect Africa
- In June 2005, Academy Award-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou took a fact-finding mission to Mali on behalf of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. Oxfam's Lyndsay ...
- Small loans make a big difference for women in Afghanistan
- Oxfam America's sister organizations are working hard to help women in drought-prone areas of Afghanistan find ways to improve their lives.
- In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
- Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
- Reducing vulnerability to HIV before and after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: An exploration of how the tsunami and its aftermath led to an increase in vulnerability to HIV in coastal India.
- A perfect storm is driving millions into poverty
- More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and ...
- Members of Ghana’s Parliament concerned about use of new oil money
- Communiqué calling for urgent steps to ensure new wealth is managed transparently and responsibly.
- Martina's story
- Martina Longom campaigned for and helped to build a borehole to make collecting water easier in Caicaoan village, Uganda.
- Sharon's story
- Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
- Muriel's story
- Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
- Sahena's story
- Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
- Stop Violence Against Women
- Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices. Salvadoran ...
- Modern urban Latin music to prevent gender violence
- Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices.
- Oxfam Impact July 2009
- A quarter million now Saving for Change
- Women in Mali lead Saving for Change
- An innovative savings and loan program is helping people work their own way out of extreme poverty. Women in Mali are leading the way as the program expands to ...
- Rape, attack, torture surge in eastern Congo, says new Oxfam survey
- Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
- Tarnished Legacy
- A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
- Hidden Treasure?
- In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
- Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
- Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
- The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
- A tsunami research journal article
- Oxfam in West Africa
- Across the vast Sahel and down through the lush rainforests of Ghana, there is a growing sense of possibility.
- CHANGE Leader gains global perspective in Senegal
- For Martin Williams, Oxfam America's student leadership program—and his subsequent travels in West Africa—sparked an ongoing passion for social justice.
- Rape: one global step toward stopping it
- A new bill proposes a five-year strategy to address violence against women in countries around the world, particularly during times of conflict and ...
- Eyewitness in Congo: Godefroid Marhegane
- A first-hand account from staff member Godefroid Marhegane, who lives in Goma with his wife and six children.
- Taking steps toward gender equity
- In Tamil Nadu, India, Oxfam study finds approaches that work.
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