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USAID’s answer to Oxfam on the article on the WINNER project in Haiti
The USAID Feed the Future WINNER Project sign at a demonstration plot for farmers associations in Goyavier, Haiti. Photo: Shiloh Strong / Oxfam America This month’s CloseUp magazine hits mailboxes this...
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Oxfam article on Feed the Future in Haiti causes a stir in Washington DC
Storage bins delivered to a Feed the Future demonstration plot for farmers in Goyavier, Haiti. Photo: Shiloh Strong / Oxfam America. “It’s like they’ve brought us a plate of food and told everyone to...
View ArticleAs we celebrate Pride, we recommit to the fight for our rights
Pride month is a time of celebration, acceptance, and embracing one’s own identity. However, this is a perilous moment for the LGBTQIA+ community, as our rights are being stripped in the US and around...
View ArticleWhen US labor laws fall short, inequality in the workforce grows wider
Oxfam’s new index of labor laws among peer nations shows you can have a robust economy AND a thriving labor force. Why is the US such an egregious outlier in failing to support working families? Look...
View ArticleIn 2023, what to Black people is Juneteenth?
A public ceremonial revival vs. a public revitalization of communities and connecting to purpose
View ArticleWhite Supremacy keeps White people ignorant and complicit: A Juneteenth...
People of all backgrounds in this country–perhaps especially the living descendants of enslaved people–have the complicated burden of holding two truths at once: the US can be a beacon for democracy,...
View ArticleHow it feels to be free
My child was born on Juneteenth. Now I fight harder for freedom.
View ArticleWhere will all the money come from?
That’s a key question for a series of global meetings taking place this month. Oxfam just released new research that aims to answer fundamental questions about efforts to promote domestic revenue...
View ArticleHow can we compel corporations to do better?
What if shareholders demand real change in the way corporations do business? Oxfam's Private Sector Department has been pursuing a strategy to engage shareholders in mandating progress, most recently...
View ArticleProtecting human rights: clear guidance is a piece of the puzzle
Oxfam is helping companies understand what human rights due diligence really means.
View ArticleHow a guaranteed income can transform our economy and mitigate structural...
The impact of slavery and past and present racism continues to undermine the economic well-being of Black communities--but ending poverty is not as hard as you think.
View ArticleTaking on urban food systems, one hero at a time
An initiative to create equitable and resilient urban food systems—led by women and young people—is taking hold across the globe.
View ArticleIt's not the heat, it's the inhumanity
Honestly? This is simple. It’s very, very hot outside—much hotter than it used to be, much hotter than it should be—sizzling, scorching, scalding. When it gets this hot, people who have to work outside...
View ArticleA new era for Black women
In late June, Oxfam partnered with Black Women's Roundtable and Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable to host the third annual symposium for Black women at Essence in New Orleans, LA. These photos...
View ArticleHow did we get to “hot strike summer” anyway?
Writers. Actors. Hotel workers. And soon, most likely, Teamsters. It’s the summer of strikes, when hundreds of thousands of unionized workers are flexing their muscle of collective action. Why is this...
View ArticleAntidote to denial: assessing human rights in the supply chain
A new framework helps companies better evaluate the effect of their practices on the rights of workers and communities up and down the supply chain—and act on what they learn.
View ArticleThree steps to make the Farm Bill work for people and the planet
As Congress considers what should go in the next Farm Bill, we ask: How can we tackle the real challenges facing us in the years ahead? From domestic food insecurity to the devastating impacts of...
View ArticleThree ways INGOs can shift power in humanitarian response: lessons from Ukraine
In the run-up to World Humanitarian Day this week, Isabelle Tallec looks at Oxfam’s locally led response to the Ukraine crisis, working with dozens of local and community organisations to support the...
View ArticleA huge step backward as states weaken child labor protections
This year, the Best States to Work Index charts a new way that states are actively moving BACKWARD: by weakening restrictions on child labor. That’s right: child labor.
View ArticleMembers of Congress call for stronger protection for rights defenders
Xinka activists fighting a silver mine deserve international support as they face down threats.
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