Oxfam

Gaza

Bakeries threatened by severe shortages while bread is a lifeline to many in Gaza

In Deir al-Balah, a flock of people are desperate to buy bread, and in the north of Gaza, hundreds more Palestinians flee as Israel's offensive continues.

28/11/2024

Europe News

The Global Gateway promotes only business interests, according to NGOs

Anti-poverty campaigners complain that the European Commission is promoting business interests over development in its Global Gateway, the EU’s answer to China’s multi-billion Belt and Road initiative – but officials argue a private sector focus is more efficient.

09/10/2024

Lifestyle

Pre-loved fashion takes the front row at London Fashion Week

The shows by eBay and Oxfam were the first on-schedule catwalks to exclusively feature second-hand clothing.

16/09/2024

Europe News

Activists outside EU Parliament demand higher taxes for super-rich

The protest was orchestrated by three major charities and visited by several prominent MEPs.

11/04/2024

Business

World’s five richest men double their fortunes as poorest lose money

A concentration of global corporate and monopoly power is contributing to deepening inequality which is making the richest richer and the poorest poorer.

15/01/2024

Green News

Richest 10% of Europeans cause as much pollution as poorest 50%

A damning new report from Oxfam calls for a European wealth tax as the contribution of the EU’s richest to the climate crisis is laid bare.

20/11/2023

Money

Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies as Davos opens

Over the past two years, the world’s super-rich 1 per cent have gained nearly twice as much wealth as the remaining 99 per cent combined, says Oxfam.

16/01/2023

Green News

Billionaires generate million times more emissions than most people

125 ultra-wealthy individuals emit the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions of 85 million cars in a year.

08/11/2022

World News

Famine in East Africa to cause one death every 36 seconds, Oxfam warns

Aid organizations and the UN are calling for urgent famine relief in East Africa as the people of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia confront their worst drought in 40 years.

15/10/2022

Green News

Extreme weather has put 18 million people on the brink of starvation

Oxfam found a 123 per cent rise in acute hunger in the 10 countries with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.

16/09/2022

Culture news

Why is the second hand book business booming?

Online platforms for second hand book sales are booming, but while CDs go the way of the dodo, why are books back?

25/04/2022

World News

'Billionaire bonanza': Wealth of 10 richest men 'doubled during COVID'

The anti-poverty NGO called for governments to improve wealth distribution and to end the "shameful vaccine apartheid".

17/01/2022

Climate

Seeing double: World leaders impersonated at COP26

Bagpiping activists in Glasgow have dressed up as world leaders ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

01/11/2021

World News

World's poorest to recover financially from COVID pandemic in 10 years

The 10 richest billionaires on the planet have collectively seen their wealth increase by €444 billion since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while millions have fallen into poverty.

25/01/2021

World News

Aid workers' sexual misconduct unveiled by researchers using DNA

Foreign aid workers who fathered children abroad are being revealed by using publicly available DNA databases. Test cases in the Philippines found men from Australia, Canada, the US and Britain had fathered children in the country while doing foreign aid work.

05/01/2021

World News

World's richest 1% produced 'double the CO2 of the poorest half'

Oxfam International and the Stockholm Environment Institute made the claim in a new report published on Monday (September 21).

21/09/2020

World News

Rich nations have bought half of future COVID-19 vaccine doses - Oxfam

Charities are calling for an overhaul of corporate practices so that a 'People's Vaccine' is available to everyone.

17/09/2020

World News

Coronavirus: 500m people worldwide 'could be pushed into poverty'

A study says the pandemic could push 8% of the world's population into poverty, prompting calls for a huge rescue package for vulnerable communities. "Never in the 75 years history of our institution have so many countries found themselves in need," said IMF head Kristalina Georgieva,

09/04/2020

Living

Secondhand superstore offering Gucci and Moschino opened by Oxfam

This paradise for thrifty shoppers is the charity's biggest shop with racks of pre-loved designer items to comb through.

11/09/2019

Living

Oxfam wants you to 'say no to new' clothes this September

#SecondhandSeptember is a campaign being run by the charity to increase awareness of the number of clothes that end up in landfill each year.

28/08/2019