Oxfam Indonesia’s country office is stepping back to make way for local organisation the Penabulu Foundation, which is now on the path to joining 22 other member organisations, as a full Oxfam affiliate. What will this mean? We talk to outgoing country director Maria Lauranti, who has played a pivotal role in the change.
Leadership in a global aid meltdown – top tips from 25 people who know
Duncan Green shares some advice from humanitarian leaders in this bleak time for the sector – including talk more often to staff and partners, “watch the fog closely” and “don’t blabber” – and offers a couple of thoughts of his own. This post is taken from his new blog about activism, influencing and change, hosted by the LSE, which we’ll sharing highlights from here.
‘It feels like a more innocent time for Oxfam and for our belief in progress’: looking back on Make Poverty History
Twenty years after he watched Nelson Mandela’s rousing launch speech in Trafalgar Square, Dominic Vickers reflects on the impact of the landmark Make Poverty History campaign for trade justice, debt relief and better aid – and wonders if a new generation can take up the cause again.
The first trillionaire, how carbon inequality costs lives and language bias in NGO recruitment… top reads of 2024
Catch up on our top papers and blogs of last year, as selected by Oxfam’s Policy & Practice team.