Liz Newbon from Oxfam GB’s education team introduces our inspiring new climate justice teaching materials for young people aged 9-16
Was COP26 the moment the media finally got serious about climate change?
Oxfam press officer Kai Tabacek on glimmers of hope after Glasgow, not least the UK mainstream press at last paying real attention to the climate crisis
Why water is a feminist issue
If we don’t put women at the heart of the response in the most water-scarce region in the world, then those programmes will fail, says Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa
The Glasgow Climate Pact did not go far enough. Here’s what comes next in the fight for climate justice
Oxfam was proud to be part of a global movement demanding climate justice at COP26. Oxfam GB CEO Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah reflects on what we can take away from the summit – and three priorities for next year’s COP27 in Egypt
The Food Fight Continues
In 2013 Oxfam launched the Behind the Brands campaign which sought to influence the sourcing policies of the world’s ten biggest food and beverage companies. Over the three years, the campaign achieved a series of significant wins; catalyzing company commitments on land rights, women’s empowerment and climate change while mobilizing a significant number of supporters in the process. While the campaign itself ended in 2016, the work …
15,000 women transform housing conditions across India
Grassroots groups are helping improve the living and working conditions of hundreds of thousands of low-income women in urban informal settlements across India. By organising and influencing local service providers, local women help improve the reach and quality of local services, strengthen resilience to climate change and now provide awareness-raising and practical support about Covid-19. To date, they have helped …
Betty’s journey: Climate, Covid and Care
“Just because the entire world was on lockdown, doesn’t mean that climate change or the patriarchy was on lockdown. The patriarchy is not on lockdown. Climate change cannot be contained” – Betty Barkha This is the second episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, Covid, and Care: Feminist Journey’s zine which launched on the 24th of August, 2020. This …
Podcast – Maggie’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care
“I think, African voices and the voices of black African women are very much missing when it comes to the discourse around climate the climate crisis” – Maggie MaponderaThis is the second episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, Covid, and Care: Feminist Journeys zine which launched on the 24th of August, 2020. This publication is a collection of …
Podcast – Hindou’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care
“You can’t speak about us, without us” – Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim This is the first episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, COVID, and Care: Feminist Journeys zine which launched on the 24th of August, 2020. This publication is a collection of journeys, stories, and ideas from five feminist activists working at the intersection of gender and climate justice. …