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Oxfam Food Company Campaign - Win for Women Cocoa Farmers
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 3:24 pm | Oxfam
After more than 60,000 people signed petitions and took action to urge chocolate companies to do the right thing for women cocoa farmers, Mars and Nestlé have today made commitments to begin to tackle the inequality, hunger and poverty faced by women ... More >>
Top twenty fairest towns in New Zealand announced
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 11:37 am | Oxfam
Wednesday March 27, 2013 Top twenty fairest towns in New Zealand announced The top 20 most fair trade-friendly towns in the country have been announced today with the inaugural Oxfam Fair Trade Index – based on the number of Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee ... More >>
Final Conference on Arms Trade Treaty
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 1:11 pm | Oxfam
Campaigners today say radical changes must be made to the latest draft of the Arms Trade Treaty by the Presidency of the Conference, if the treaty is to save lives. The Control Arms coalition said the latest text, issued on Friday, falls short of ... More >>
Mali: Adults Eat Less So Children Can Eat Twice A Day
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 12:00 pm | Oxfam
A serious food security crisis is developing in the Gao region of northern Mali due to a shortage of cereals on the market, rocketing food prices and restricted access, warned international aid agency Oxfam today. More >>
Time For Govts To Make History & Agree To Arms Trade Treaty
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 2:24 pm | Oxfam
New York: Governments from over 190 member states have a second chance to make history this month by agreeing the first ever Arms Trade Treaty, a coalition of NGOs and human rights groups said today. Diplomats meet today in New York for two weeks of ... More >>
Oxfam: Nestle, Mars, Mondelez Leave Women Farmers Behind
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 3:46 pm | Oxfam
An investigation into four countries where Nestle, Mars and Mondelez (formerly known as Kraft, the owner of Cadbury New Zealand) purchase cocoa has shown that many women farmers face discrimination, unequal pay and hunger, leaving the companies’ social ... More >>
Flood of Refugees Overwhelming Aid Effort in Syria
Monday, 4 March 2013, 4:28 pm | Oxfam
Syria’s humanitarian crisis is spinning out of control, leaving relief agencies overstretched and struggling to cope with a massive surge in refugee numbers and with promised funds still yet to arrive on the ground, warns international aid agency, ... More >>
TPPA to exacerbate Vietnam’s access to medicines crisis
Monday, 4 March 2013, 3:33 pm | Oxfam
The United States is again pursuing an important free trade agreement that will lock in high drug prices out of poor people’s reach – this time across the Asia-Pacific region, warns international agency Oxfam. More >>
Big 10 Food & Beverage Companies Failing Millions Of People
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 5:30 pm | Oxfam
The social and environmental policies of the world’s 10 biggest food and beverage giants are not fit for modern purpose and need a major shake-up, says international agency Oxfam. More >>
Mali Food and Fuel In Short Supply as Stocks Looted
Monday, 4 February 2013, 1:40 pm | Oxfam
In areas of northern Mali the price of food and fuel is rocketing as supplies start to dry up after looting following recent military operations, and with traders who have fled the area failing to return amid growing numbers of reports of reprisal ... More >>
Oxfam: Governments risk leaving Syrians out in the cold
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 10:16 am | Oxfam
Governments meeting at tomorrow’s humanitarian pledging conference in Kuwait need to generously give substantial funds or risk leaving Syrians out in the cold without the help they need, international agency Oxfam warned today. More >>
Situation For Malian Refugees Set To Worsen
Wednesday, 23 January 2013, 9:29 am | Oxfam
Oxfam report on refugees' situation as thousands more flee their homes: aid effort will not cope with increasing numbers without changed approach More >>
Oxfam And Partners Begin Philippines Emergency Response
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:52 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam and its humanitarian partners in the Philippines, the Humanitarian Response Consortium, or HRC, have begun an emergency response targeting communities hardest-hit by Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Pablo) on the southern island of Mindanao. More >>
Oxfam Steps Up Response To Growing Crisis In Eastern Congo
Monday, 26 November 2012, 12:41 pm | Oxfam
As the humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo grows, with thousands of people fleeing new fighting in the past 48 hours, Oxfam said it is stepping up the supply of life-saving aid to more than 80,000 people in and around Goma. More >>
UN Climate Talks: NZ Backpedalling Lacking Morality
Monday, 26 November 2012, 12:27 pm | Oxfam
It’s been another year of extreme weather and climate change ministers and negotiators are meeting again, this time in Doha. UN climate change talks are set to begin on November 26. It is an ironic location, being the birthplace of the infamous, and ... More >>
UN Climate Talks: New Zealand Backpedalling
Monday, 26 November 2012, 10:29 am | Oxfam
It’s been another year of extreme weather and climate change ministers and negotiators are meeting again, this time in Doha. UN climate change talks are set to begin on November 26. It is an ironic location, being the birthplace of the infamous, and ... More >>
Oxfam Supported Kindergarten Destroyed In Gaza Violence
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 9:51 am | Oxfam
An Israeli airstrike has destroyed one Oxfam supported kindergarten (Al Bajan kindergarten) and left another damaged (Al Housna kindergarten) in Karama, North West Gaza City, the international aid agency said today. The agency had repaired water and sanitation ... More >>
Diplomats Agree To Conclude Arms Treaty in 2013
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 3:44 pm | Oxfam
Governments pass UN resolution to hold major diplomatic conference next year with an unprecedented 157 YES votes, including China for the first time, 18 abstentions & 0 votes against. More >>
Pass the Parcel with Oxfam Unwrapped This Christmas
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 10:20 am | Oxfam
With only seven weeks ‘til Christmas, let Oxfam Unwrapped replace your gift-giving dilemmas with life-changing gifts great for family and friends, while you spend more time enjoying the great Kiwi summer. More >>
Worst Flooding In Over 80 Years Affecting Half A Million
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 12:35 pm | Oxfam
International aid agency Oxfam on Wednesday warned that devastating floods in Niger are affecting more than 500,000 people, most of whose basic needs are not being met. Floodwaters in Niamey and surrounding regions have unrelentingly risen since rains ... More >>
