Oxfam CEO and President Abby Maxman on prolonged crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now exacerbated by the recent ...
Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is both a landmark in diplomacy and a study in unfulfilled promise. Its most profound ...
Reacting to the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, Oxfam America’s President & CEO Abby Maxman said: “We welcome the announcement of the first stage of a ceasefire deal in Gaza by all parties and ...
The global energy transition stands at a pivotal moment: it can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis or deepen them. Today, the transition risks reproducing patterns of ...
In reaction to the United Nations’ 2025 edition of “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” (SOFI) report launched today, showing only a slight progress in reducing hunger and warning ...
On January 20, President Trump signed an Executive Order that began the assault on U.S. foreign aid and led to the illegal dismantling of USAID. After a 90-day review, the human toll is immeasurable ...
Two years into Sudan’s brutal war, the humanitarian catastrophe has engulfed the entire country, spilled over across the region, and shows no signs of abating. Thousands continue to be killed, starved ...
In reaction to reports that President Trump is moving to dismantle USAID as its website has gone down, Oxfam America President & CEO Abby Maxman, said: “Dismantling USAID would be a callous, ...
Irregular rainfall and drought in Mali has significantly reduced Satou Coulibaly’s millet and groundnut harvest in recent years. “It's getting harder and harder to get enough to eat," she says.
The richest 1% have used their share of the annual global carbon budget —the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world beyond 1.5°C of warming— within the first 10 ...
Policymakers should embrace proven solutions—baby bonds, a federal jobs guarantee, and a guaranteed income—that can help reduce poverty and inequality, advance racial and gender justice, and support ...
Ahead of the Senate vote on Bernie Sanders’ resolution to block a shipment of US arms transfers to Israel, Scott Paul, Director of Peace and Security at Oxfam America, said: “We welcome Senator ...