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Hygiene kit distribution in Albatra IDPs Camp, Taiz, Yemen. March 2020. Credit: Wael Algadi. Oxfam

The UK is fuelling the war in Yemen, this can’t go on

Martin Butcher and Richard Stanforth

September 8th, 2020 Conflict, Emergencies, Fragile contexts

In July, the UK Government announced the resumption of new arms licences to Saudi Arabia for weapons to be used in the Yemen war. This is despite Oxfam colleagues in …

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What does the UN Security Council Resolution on COVID-19 mean?

Pauline Chetcuti

July 20th, 2020 Conflict, Humanitarian

On 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 …

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Raghda, 25, and her brother Younes, 20, from Mosul, Iraq, walk through Hassansham camp near the town of Khazer, Iraq. Credit: Sam Tarling/ Oxfam

Civilians are not a target

Rachel Hastie

August 15th, 2017 Humanitarian, Protection

For World Humanitarian Day Rachel Hastie, Oxfam’s Global Protection Adviser, reflects on our common humanity and what it means. Some years back I was walking my children to school before catching …

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Women have a key role in positive conflict transformation

Women and transformative leadership

Veronica Rodriguez Jorge

March 7th, 2017 Conflict, Gender, General, Land rights

Verónica Rodríguez Jorge introduces us to Serapaz peace school in Chiapas, Mexico, and explains why women’s participation in conflict transformation is so vital. Las Cruces in Nayarit, Xochicuautla, Coyotepec San …

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A teacher writes on a classroom board, Taiz city, Yemen

From the ground up: How Yemen’s women and girls survive

Soman Moodley

October 27th, 2016 Conflict, Gender, Humanitarian, Protection, Women's Economic Empowerment

This blog introduces a study carried out by Oxfam, CARE and GenCap, to better understand how women, men, girls and boys survive in Yemen, a country torn apart by conflict. s …

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