In India a coalition called Ekta Parishad recently embarked on a month long march calling for land rights for the poorest people in India. The good news is they’re winning. …
Oxfam Marks 60 years of working in India
OxfamOxfam India’s CEO Nisha Agrawal is here in the UK this week to mark 60 years of Oxfam working in India, responding to emergencies and helping to pull millions of …
Yemen: Back home: but nowhere to stay
OxfamFor the past year, large parts of the southern province of Abyan have been virtual no-go zones, controlled by militant groups. More than 200,000 people fled their homes, seeking refuge in temporary …
The perfect storm hitting the UK’s poorest and how to stop the next storm from brewing
OxfamIn the UK, homelessness on the rise and the number of people relying on food parcels has doubled in the past year. Our research reveals that deep-seated inequality and draconian …
Islands of prosperity: how Scotland’s regions compare on the Humankind Index
OxfamAs the dust settles after this month’s local elections, Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme in Scotland has assessed how the country’s 32 local authorities have each performed according to the Oxfam …
Drylands: change is needed but must be based on local knowledge and hard-won experience
OxfamThirteen million people were affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa in 2010 and 2011. New approaches to drought management are needed but, as Vanessa Tilstone argues, these …
Climate change adaptation: it’s time we started talking about a revolution
OxfamThe Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has published its report on the effect that development projects are having on people’s ability to deal with change. Simon Levine reflects on …
Three steps to developing workable ideas: explore, extract and enact
OxfamWhere do new ideas come from? How do you produce an actionable, new idea? Nicholas Colloff outlines the ‘explore, extract, enact’ approach to innovation. Working recently with Oxfam’s teams in …
Hunger in the Sahel and international arms control: what’s the link?
OxfamWith the launch of The Devil is in the Detail, Oxfam’s first in a series of five papers to be released in the run up to the Arms Trade Treaty …
The road to Rio +20: women and the green economy
OxfamWhat will Rio+20 mean for the many millions of poor women across the world, struggling with the effects of poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation? Nidhi Tandon, Gender & Development …