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- Domestic Violence Bill set to protect women in Mozambique
- News Update | Jul 02, 2009
- New legislation is a major achievement for Women's Coalition. More »
- Oxfam in Southern Africa
- Brochure | May 05, 2008
- Having fought hard for freedom from colonial and racial oppression, millions of rural poor across southern Africa, particularly women, still struggle to ... More »
- Oxfam in the Horn of Africa
- Brochure | Sep 09, 2007
- 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 ... More »
- Oxfam in South America
- Brochure | Oct 10, 2005
- 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 ... More »
- Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
- Brochure | Dec 05, 2006
- All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to ... More »
- One step forward in campaign to end violence against women
- News Update | Dec 15, 2010
- El Salvador’s legislative assembly passes new law regarding violence against women. More »
- OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
- Oxfam Exchange | Oct 13, 2011
- Africa's last famine? More »
- Nine hectares of hope: an irrigation project promises better harvests for Ethiopian farmers
- Feature Story | Nov 02, 2011
- With the help of an Oxfam partner, local farmers have tapped well water to nourish their fields in the Central Rift Valley. More »
- A source of income, funded by savings
- Feature Story | Oct 01, 2010
- Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam ... More »
- Working with women
- Brochure | Jul 28, 2011
- Empowered women can change the world. At Oxfam America, that truth informs all our work, from our response to humanitarian emergencies to our campaigns for ... More »
- Setting a good example
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- Jesus Nazareno’s anti-discrimination ordinance is a model for others in the area. More »
- Local approach to fighting racism
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- Start with helping people confront their own attitudes, then change local laws to protect basic rights. More »
- Women living with uncertainty and high food prices
- Feature Story | Jul 15, 2011
- The constant rise in the price of staples affects women in El Salvador on a daily basis. With gardens, some women have found a way to ease the burden. More »
- Saving for Change now exceeds 500,000 members
- Feature Story | Jul 27, 2011
- Mali continues to lead rapid growth of innovative, savings-based microfinance program. More »
- Leadership from the bottom up
- Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
- Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills. More »
- Fighting destiny
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- A heroine considers her role in re-aligning attitudes in Peru. More »
- Conflict in Darfur
- Page | Jul 06, 2012
- Oxfam is providing critical water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur; we are also distributing ... More »
- Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
- Feature Story | Jan 27, 2007
- By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence. More »
- Gradual change in the status of women
- Feature Story | Apr 10, 2007
- Saving for Change doesn't just help women earn money—it is a means to change their role in the family and the village. More »
- Guardians of culture hold key to change
- Feature Story | Aug 15, 2006
- Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society. More »
- In retirement, Fernando finds a golden opportunity helping coir workers
- Feature Story | Dec 19, 2008
- Four years after the tsunami, the women are earning double and in some cases triple what they made before. More »
- New laws and new-found respect for women in Mozambique
- Feature Story | Apr 11, 2006
- Legal reforms help widows provide for their children, and will change the status of women. More »
- Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
- Feature Story | Feb 28, 2007
- A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves. More »
- Oxfam in Cuba
- Feature Story | Sep 26, 2008
- After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward. More »
- Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
- Feature Story | May 21, 2008
- How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader. More »
- Rape: one global step toward stopping it
- Feature Story | Sep 29, 2008
- A new bill proposes a five-year strategy to address violence against women in countries around the world, particularly during times of conflict and ... More »
- Rethinking culture: changing practices and proverbs in Oromiya
- Feature Story | May 19, 2006
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- Taking steps toward gender equity
- Feature Story | Mar 27, 2007
- In Tamil Nadu, India, Oxfam study finds approaches that work. More »
- The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
- News Update | Nov 28, 2006
- 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. More »
- Training and jobs to empower rural women
- Feature Story | Sep 26, 2008
- The construction of greenhouses creates employment, which empowers them economically, while training leads to the emergence of new women leaders. More »
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