Political uncertainty has reigned in Afghanistan following the US-Taliban deal signed in February 2020 and the dispute around who the legitimate president was following the elections in September last year. …
Averting a Coronavirus-Induced Ethnocide in Latin America
Stephanie BurgosThis year August 9th – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – comes at a critical moment. Far from hospitals and news cameras, indigenous people in Latin America are …
In case you missed it – progress on tax justice!
Oliver PearceOn the face of it, this week may not appear to have been particularly auspicious for tax justice campaigners. The big story, about big money (thirteen billion euros), was that …
What does the UN Security Council Resolution on COVID-19 mean?
Pauline ChetcutiOn July 1st, the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously backed U.N. chief Antonio Guterres’ March 23rd call for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic. Resolution 2532 (2020) was finally …
“Security is everyone’s business”: Learning from our security sector reform workshop
Tamara Goth and Sarah Pelham“Inclusive security [means] making sure we engage everyone in the process. […] Security is everyone’s business. So all of us need to […] work collectively to make sure our environment …
Podcast: “Imagine something out of the box” How are young people responding to the pandemic?
Power in the Pandemic PodcastHow are young people responding to the Coronavirus crisis?What’s it like to manage a soap factory during the pandemic? How are young people using the internet to build bridges between …
Coronavirus means a ceasefire in Yemen is needed now more than ever
Awssan KamalThis blog was written by Awssan Kamal Oxfam GB Humanitarian Campaign Project Manager, a British Yemeni aid worker and activist. In 2015 he was forced to return to the UK …
COVID-19 in South Africa is causing frontline women workers to pay for skewed health systems
Nicole Oloo and Georgia MurphyAs with many other healthcare systems around the world, COVID-19 has delivered a sharp blow to South Africa’s. Before the pandemic, the healthcare system was already struggling to cope with …
Which supermarkets are doing the most to protect the rights of food workers?
Rosa PolaschekAs the Coronavirus pandemic drives home the importance of the frontline workers producing and supplying our food, Oxfam’s Behind the Barcodes campaign to improve the conditions of people in supermarket …
