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- Saving lives: Oxfam partners take center stage
- Oxfam invests in the strengths of local communities and partners. When rainfall from a tropical depression triggered a massive emergency in El Salvador, our ...
- Marlin Mine: Violence and pollution lead to call for suspension
- Concerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western ...
- At the heart of the El Salvador flood response: partnership
- When a major storm strikes El Salvador, preparedness and local partnerships make all the difference.
- 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 ...
- US-Colombia free trade agreement bad deal for farmers, bad deal for national security
- Landslide compounds Mexico's flood disaster
- Looking to Sacha Inchi for their future
- How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle.
- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- 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.
- Oxfam Ambassadors Call on G8 to Show Leadership in Fight Against Poverty
- 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.
- "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 wake-up call
- You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
- A source of income, funded by savings
- Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam ...
- Sewing for Change
- Women from small savings groups win their share of a national bid.
- US joins Arms Trade Treaty talks, but at high price
- What Happened at the G20?
- Initial analysis of the London summit
- 100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
- Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
- Questions and answers on Novartis and the Glivec patent case in India
- A simple guide to patents and trademarks
- Patents and trademarks—otherwise known as IP (intellectual property)—and why it is so important for poor countries.
- Access to medicines means access to life
- During a US tour, Thai activists explain how a trade agreement could limit access to affordable HIV and AIDS drugs.
- Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
- Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
- Fixing up the land, little by little
- Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
- Ethiopian farmers meet with importers and roasters
- In Addis Ababa, both sides discuss how Ethiopian farmers can gain more control over their coffee names, and get a bigger share of the profits.
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- Cotton farmers get organized
- Small farmers in Mozambique mobilize for greater control of the cotton production chain.
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