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From Salaamz to the streets: Three lessons from Kenya's June 2024 Protests - Views & Voices ‘This movement wasn’t led by one person; it was collective and organic…’ Bill Omondi and Beverly Wakiaga reflect on last year’s protests to offer some thought on how INGOs and progressive organisation...

‘Hope is like fire, and it must be stoked and tended to daily to keep the spirit and fight of movements.' Bill Omondi of Nobel Women and @bevwakiaga.bsky.social reflect on Kenya's 2024 protests and offer some thought on how INGOs can show real solidarity.
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"Policies are drafted about us but never with us. Aid is designed like architecture above our heads, and when it collapses, we are the ones buried in the rubble.' For #FP2P we spoke to poet and refugee Peter Kidi about his life and his art. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/i-started-wr...

Ukrainian Local Leaders Carving Out Spaces of Safety and Warmth in Frontline Zones - Views & Voices Life in Ukraine's frontline regions is difficult to predict, but humanitarian activists are creating small islands of normalcy and warmth. Vitaliia Kushmyruk, shares the stories of three activists and...

Amid the uncertainties of life in Ukraine's frontline regions, humanitarian activists are creating islands of stability and warmth. For #WorldHumanitarianDay, Vitaliia Kushmyruk shares the stories of three activists bringing comfort to their communities.
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You can't talk about palm oil without talking about land rights - and colonialism - Views & Voices ​​Indonesians​ fighting against exploitation of their land for palm oil must confront ​​both​ ​powerful corporate interests and an extraordinary level of state control over land that can be traced bac...

We can't talk about palm oil without talking about land rights and colonialism. Our latest blog from @oxfamnovib.bsky.social shares insights from a recent panel discussion inspired by the documentary #ColonialDebris on palm oil and land rights.
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The world is seeing more extreme heat – so why don’t we plan for it like other humanitarian disasters? - Views & Voices Despite the climate crisis driving more bouts of devastating heat, too much of the world remains poorly prepared. Nuzhat Nueary  introduces new Oxfam/FCDO research that looks at the links between extr...

The climate crisis is driving more bouts of devastating heat, yet much of the world is poorly prepared. Nuzhat Nueary introduces new Oxfam and FCDO research on the link between extreme heat and water scarcity, and gaps in humanitarian responses.
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The Financing for Development conference let us down: now the fight for feminist economic justice continues.
The Seville event disappointed us on gender justice, debt reform and private finance - but it did open up opportunities to build on, says Rachel Noble
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Women in the Global South know exactly how to support their own communities – so why don’t we get behind them? - Views & Voices What does it mean for international NGOs to truly shift power? At Oxfam, we think our fund for grassroots women’s rights organisations, which is founded on the principle that our partners should decid...

Women in the Global South know exactly how to support their own communities – so why don’t we get behind them?
@oxfamgb.bsky.social CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social on our fund for grassroots women’s rights organisations, which has won two Charity Awards views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/wome...
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‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Views & Voices If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, he looks back at a scene ...

‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut.
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ rights in Lebanon's capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar in a blog for Pride month. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/we-f...

Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers - Views & Voices Too many unpaid carers in the UK are struggling by on their own, unseen by policy makers. Taking inspiration from the union movement, says Hannah Webster of Care Full, it’s time to build the collectiv...

Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers, says @hannahwebster.bsky.social of @carefull.bsky.social.
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‘I have two jobs: one that keeps someone alive – and one that I get paid for.’ - Views & Voices Unpaid carers like me save the NHS £119 billion a year, says Laura Barnes of the We Care Campaign – yet our rewards include burnout, poverty, never seeing friends and being pushed out of jobs. In the ...

‘I have two jobs: one that keeps someone alive – and one that I get paid for.’
Unpaid carers like me save the NHS billions, says Laura Barnes in a blog for Carers Week in the UK – yet our rewards include burnout and poverty views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/i-ha...

This Carers Week, we need to talk about racial justice - Views & Voices While the needs of all unpaid carers in Scotland are often overlooked, people from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are being especially failed. Margaret Chiwanza introduces new research that rev...

This Carers Week, we need to talk about racial justice.
Margaret Chiwanza introduces research revealing how carers in Scotland from Black and Minority Ethnic communities are being pushed into poverty and struggling in silence. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/this... @oxfamscotland.bsky.social

As global humanitarian funding is slashed, here are six ways to back local leadership - Views & Voices Where can and should governments fill the gap? How can we improve peer support? How can we scale up good practice? Amy Croome on key takeaways from a gathering last month in Nairobi of civil society l...

As global humanitarian funding is slashed, here are six ways to back local leadership. Where can governments fill the gap? How can we improve peer support? Amy Croome on insights from a recent gathering in Nairobi of civil society leaders and Oxfam staff. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/huma...

Global development needs a Plan B: could this be it? As powerful nations turn inwards and multilateralism falters, new coalitions must step in. Len Ishmael, @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and @andypsumner.bsky.social explain ‘like-minded internationalism’ frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/global-devel...

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Five ways to back enterprises that drive climate and gender justice - Views & Voices Women are already leading innovations in clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation. Here’s how to support their enterprises and ensure that climate-friendly businesses also boost g...

Five ways to back enterprises that drive climate and gender justice. Women already lead innovation in the green economy. Here’s how to support their enterprises and ensure climate-friendly firms also boost gender justice. @oxfamnovib.bsky.social views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/five...

Queer liberation is African liberation – and solidarity is like sunshine, everybody deserves some - Views & Voices In a blog for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, activist Dumiso Gatsha considers what this year’s theme of “the power of communities” means when it comes to supportin...

In a blog for today's International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, activist Dumiso Gatsha considers how to support grassroots work towards LGBTQIA+ people's liberation, in a world increasingly hostile to their rights. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/afri...

No logframe, no indicators and no workplan: what can we learn from a malnutrition project that is truly community-led? Stephanie Buell of Action Contre la Faim on a project in Senegal that backed communities to tackle malnutrition as they see fit frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/no-logframe-...

Peru banned child marriage: here are three ways longitudinal research helped make that happen.
Kath Ford on how Oxford’s Young Lives study made real policy impact based on robust data, influencing work and relationships built over years. @yloxford.bsky.social frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/peru-ban-chi...

Land is at the heart of women’s rights in the Global South: yet this year’s political declaration by the UN Commission on the Status of Women did not mention it. Naomi Shadrack on why we need to put land rights back on the global feminist agenda #CSW69 views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/04/land...

In an era of anti-rights, how do we hold the line for gender justice? What can the UK do to ensure the switch to renewable energy leaves no one behind? How can firms truly value women's work? Find out in our March round-up of Oxfam blogs and research mailchi.mp/oxfam/mar25

The UK’s Chancellor is driving disabled people deeper into poverty: she must think again - Views & Voices Planned cuts to disability benefits will be devastating for people already struggling to pay their bills, with stroke survivors, amputees and people with serious mental health conditions among the gro...

The UK’s Chancellor is driving disabled people deeper into poverty: she must think again, says Samuel Thomas of anti-poverty charity @z2ktrust.bsky.social
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Historically, there has been little discussion of feminism within the international humanitarian system. Our latest discussion paper aims to change that by exploring what a feminist approach to principled humanitarian aid might look like practically.
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Amid a growing water crisis for billions, no one is stepping up to deliver the funding needed to avoid a catastrophic future. Jo Trevor sets out the need for smart water financing – the focus of an Oxfam event this Friday at the Marmalade Festival, Oxford. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/why-water-se...

Austerity is creating fertile ground for the far-right: instead the UK must invest to fix its social infrastructure - Views & Voices Robust welfare policies are the antidote to far-right extremism. And what’s more, investing in care, in health and in schools is essential to driving growth.

Austerity is creating fertile ground for the far-right: instead the UK must invest to fix its social infrastructure, says @ajbrooker.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/03/aust... #SpringStatement

The business briefing features case studies highlighting how patriarchal norms and inequitable practices amplify vulnerabilities and ruin lives.
From Exploited to Unemployed: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/fr...
Tea Leaves a Mark: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/te...

The era of anti-rights: what can you do about it? - Views & Voices With movements to roll back gender rights on the rise around the world, Kelly Mundy and Rachel Noble explain why the fight to protect them is more important than ever and set out three things we can d...

The era of anti-rights: what can you do about it?
With movements to roll back gender rights on the rise, Kelly Mundy and Rachel Noble explain why the fight to protect them is more vital than ever and set out three things we can do to support them. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/03/era-... #IWD2025

No one should be left behind in the shift to a greener future. As the world transitions to renewable energy, we risk simply swapping one unjust system for another. Natalie Shortall on a new Oxfam paper that calls on the UK to get behind a “just transition”. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/03/no-o...

From Personal to Powerful: in the face of growing attacks on rights, states must hold the line for gender justice   - Views & Voices Three decades after the landmark Beijing declaration to advance women’s rights, right-wing, religious, and conservative actors are reversing and obstructing hard-won progress. This International Women...

This #IWD2025, our Oxfam campaign calls on states to reassert their commitment to gender justice, bodily autonomy, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, say Lata Narayanaswamy and Amina Hersi. #PersonalToPowerful
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30 years since the Beijing Declaration, what progress have we made in the fight for gender justice? Our new paper, #PersonalToPowerful, finds that government inaction and unjust systems are halting our progress. Read the full report here: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/pe...