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"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 ...
Improving the wells improves community health in flood-prone parts of El Salvador
Capped wells lined with a volcanic-rock filter provide families in Salvadoran communities with clean drinking water.
Along the coast of El Salvador, families take steps to cope with climate change
Oxfam and other aid groups is working with local activists to bring issues to the attention of the Salvadoran government.
Hardest hit: El Salvador
“Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
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.
TCK TCK TCK - It's Time to Act on Climate Change
With only 100 days to go until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to hammer out a global climate change treaty, Oxfam has launched a new video with Oxfam ...
New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
Climate impacts could reverse progress in the fight against global poverty
Suffering the Science
Climate change, people, and poverty
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 ...
OXFAMExchange Fall 2003
Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader.
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