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As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

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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With coronavirus spreading, time to repurpose the arms industry to meet human need

Martin Butcher

May 12th, 2020 Conflict, Health

All over the world we have radically changed our ways of life as the devastating spread of coronavirus transforms our communities. Governments’ priorities have changed overnight, things that seemed impossible …

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West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory. Credit: Lorenzo Tugnoli/Oxfam

Why there’s still hope for peace for Palestinians and Israelis

Alison Martin

November 14th, 2019 Conflict

A quarter of a century since the signing of the first of the Oslo Accords, and as violence flares again in Gaza, it has never been more urgent to progress peace …

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Zahia, Sarah and Hanadi, Syrian refugees living in a neighbourhood of Tripoli. Photo: Pablo Tosca/Oxfam.

Three reasons why an intersectional approach to women’s peace and security agenda is important

Sagal Bafo

November 1st, 2019 Conflict, Gender, Humanitarian

October 31st marks 19 years since the historical recognition of the unique gendered impact of violence on the well-being of women and girls. The adoption of the United Nations Security …

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Feminism under siege

Duncan Green

June 5th, 2019 Conflict, Fragile contexts, Gender, Participation and Leadership

Maria Al Abdeh on the work of Women Now for Development in Syria, and the impact of Jo Cox. This is the first post of a new mini series on …

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Medical workers administer the Ebola vaccine in Mangina, DRC. Photo: John Wessels/Oxfam

How to build community trust to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Andrea Vera Nava

May 2nd, 2019 Conflict, Emergencies, Fragile contexts, Health, Participation and Leadership

The world’s second-biggest Ebola outbreak is still raging in DRC, with more than 1,400 cases and 900 deaths. Research has shown that distrust is one of the biggest obstacles in …

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How can the UK government justify arms sales that fuel the war in Yemen?

Laura Gyte

April 25th, 2019 Conflict, Food security, Humanitarian, In the news, Protection

Laura Gyte describes why Oxfam intervened in a court case brought against the UK government over arms sales. UPDATE: on 20 June the Court of Appeal ruled that UK arms …

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Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Photo: Anna Chernova

Inequality kills: the cold, wet fate of refugee rights in Lebanon

Anna Chernova

February 7th, 2019 Conflict, Inequality, Refugees and IDPs, Rights

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Halimo Mahamed Ali collecting water, Somaliland. Climate change has dramatically impacted her life. Photo: Dustin Barter

Debt: a noose around Somalia’s future

Dustin Barter and Mohamed Ahmed

February 6th, 2019 Aid, Conflict, Debt, Food security, In the news, Livelihoods

Full debt cancellation is the only way forward for Somalia, write Dustin Barter, Oxfam’s Senior Campaigns and Policy Manager in Somalia, and Mohamed A. Ahmed, Independent Debt Specialist. As the …

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