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G20 dialogue puts women at the heart of South Africa’s just transition.
Experts say gender inclusion is key to a sustainable energy shift in emerging economies. As part of South Africa’s G20 discussions ahead of the leaders’ summit in November, Oxfam…
Trump’s budget cut: International Commodity Summit responds aggressively
In response to US President Donald Trump’s budget cuts, ICS2025 will provide an opportunity for dialogue between affected nations, economic leaders, and policymakers to address…
Violence surges in occupied West Bank as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza
Oxfam International says ‘starvation is being used as a weapon of war against Gaza civilians’.
Economic growth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
It is easy to become fixated on growth, even when it holds little promise of a better life for all — and has fed the climate crisis
Climate change will hit G7 economies harder than Covid, research finds
Countries with the biggest industrialised economies could see an average loss of 8.5% of economic value by 2050, according to an Oxfam analysis
SADC remains conspicuously silent on vaccines as many continue to die
The SADC states have failed to deliver on their human rights obligations by not securing vaccines
Covid-19 economic crisis will be felt by the poor for a decade, report finds
The pandemic’s economic fallout will affect the world’s poor for years, while the richest billionaires increase their wealth, an Oxfam report notes
Women accuse aid workers of sexual abuse during the DRC’s Ebola crisis
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and leading nongovernmental organisations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the…
It’s not a case of jobs or lives. Jobs are lives
Starvation is driving the spread of the coronavirus and the government needs to let people work and create jobs
Shake up institutions controlling the economy to dislodge inequality
The state uses policies and regulations to drive socioeconomic change, but market bias dominates
More than 1 000 dead in DRC Ebola epidemic
The current outbreak is the second deadliest on record, after an epidemic killed more than 11 300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016
The human cost of fast fashion
Oxfam report reveals 100% of workers surveyed at Bangladeshi factories which make clothes for H&M and Cotton On are unable to make ends meet.
Editorial: Wealthy must pay their taxes and cut the crap
‘We are trapped in a vortex in which nothing really changes’
World’s 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity — Oxfam
A new report from the charity was published ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos
NGOs launch legal action against France over climate
The NGOs allege that France, where greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2015, has not met its short-term climate objectives