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- Adaptation 101
- How climate change hurts poor communities—and how we can help
- Fighting destiny
- A heroine considers her role in re-aligning attitudes in Peru.
- The injustice of racism
- How racism and discrimination contribute to poverty for indigenous people in Peru.
- Local approach to fighting racism
- Start with helping people confront their own attitudes, then change local laws to protect basic rights.
- Stand with the Sisters on the Planet
- On International Women's Day 2010, over 100 women leaders joined Oxfam with one message: we are Sisters on the Planet. And it's up to us to fight poverty and ...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- Multi-agency report reveals disparity in living conditions for Louisianans
- A Portrait of Louisiana
- Louisiana Human Development Report 2009
- Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
- All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to ...
- Oxfam in Southern Africa
- Having fought hard for freedom from colonial and racial oppression, millions of rural poor across southern Africa, particularly women, still struggle to ...
- Oxfam in South America
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
- Oxfam in the Horn of Africa
- Drought. Conflict. Low crop prices. These are among the realities that poor people across the Horn of Africa face on a daily basis. But with new tools for ...
- From the US and Senegal, stories of climate survival
- An Oxfam America speaking tour brings together two women who are leading the fight against climate change.
- Women of influence get results on Capitol Hill
- Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors generate Congressional support for women who face the devastating effects of climate change.
- Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
- Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
- Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
- Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
- A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves.
- Guardians of culture hold key to change
- Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society.
- Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
- By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.
- Balancing culture, new law in Mozambique
- Educating traditional leaders builds respect for women and their rights in the new Family Law.
- Spirit world
- Acknowledging and working with spiritual leaders is essential to long-term changes leading to better respect for women and their rights.
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