Want feminist development that builds climate resilience? Then we have to talk about land and water rights. The editors of Oxfam's Gender and Development journal introduce a wide-ranging issue about the causes and effects of women's lack of land rights. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/09/want...

The final carousel in our #BeyondGDP series features the feminist activist Nalini Rathnarajah sharing reflections from the context of South Asia. Illustration by Vidushi and Medhavini Yadav #FeministEconomies

From salaamz to the streets but what did we learn from the protests… @bevwakiaga.bsky.social and I share three things to consider. Check them below👇🏿

‘Hope is like fire, and it must be stoked and tended to daily to keep the spirit and fight of movements.' Bill Omondi of Nobel Women and @bevwakiaga.bsky.social reflect on Kenya's 2024 protests and offer some thought on how INGOs can show real solidarity. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/08/from...

"Policies are drafted about us but never with us. Aid is designed like architecture above our heads, and when it collapses, we are the ones buried in the rubble.' For #FP2P we spoke to poet and refugee Peter Kidi about his life and his art. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/i-started-wr...

In the third of Oxfam’s #BeyondGDP series, feminist scholar Dr. Samia Al-Botmeh gives her take on the problems with a GDP growth-centric approach in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. #FeministEconomies @oxfammena.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social

Amid the uncertainties of life in Ukraine's frontline regions, humanitarian activists are creating islands of stability and warmth. For #WorldHumanitarianDay, Vitaliia Kushmyruk shares the stories of three activists bringing comfort to their communities. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/08/ukra...

How should INGOs share power to work with others, particularly grassroots and community groups, to achieve a feminist economy that values all care work? Ridhi Kalaria and Silvia Galandini share insights from @oxfamgb.bsky.social's influencing across the UK. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/08/six-...

The second of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's #BeyondGDP series features reflections from feminist activists, Lumonya Faith and Jennifer Lipenga on the inadequacies of GDP and the alternatives that are needed in the context of Africa. #FeministEconomies Illustration by Vidushi and Medhavini Yadav

Across the world, there is growing consensus that GDP falls short as the primary metric for measuring social and economic progress. It excludes women's unpaid care and domestic work and doesn't account for inequality or the environmental impacts of economic activities. #BeyondGDP #FeministEconomies

We can't talk about palm oil without talking about land rights and colonialism. Our latest blog from @oxfamnovib.bsky.social shares insights from a recent panel discussion inspired by the documentary #ColonialDebris on palm oil and land rights. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/08/you-...

The climate crisis is driving more bouts of devastating heat, yet much of the world is poorly prepared. Nuzhat Nueary introduces new Oxfam and FCDO research on the link between extreme heat and water scarcity, and gaps in humanitarian responses. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/the-...

The global seafood industry is one of the riskiest when it comes to human rights. In this blog, Ashley Aarons explains why it is so welcome that a few firms are leading the way in being much more transparent about who caught the fish they sell. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/know...

Solidarity is critical to building movements - no one can #MakeChangeHappen alone. Learn more about the power of working with others from #changemakers like Sabah Khan. Register for the course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...

The Financing for Development conference let us down: now the fight for feminist economic justice continues. The Seville event disappointed us on gender justice, debt reform and private finance - but it did open up opportunities to build on, says Rachel Noble voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/fina...

Jobs were moved – but not power: Awssan Kamal on the failings of ‘decolonisation’ in the development sector frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/jobs-were-mo...

We're channeling our inner Queen Latifah and shouting U-N-I-T-Y as we learn the importance of working with others from our changemaker Art Reyes III. Sign up for #MakeChangeHappen and learn more about the power of collective action. bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...

We can't spell Justice without 'U'! Join #MakeChangeHappen and strengthen the skills needed to tackle injustice. The course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social is free and available in English, French, Arabic, and Spanish. Register here: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...

4 of Africa's billionaires hold more wealth than 750 million people. Our new report, Africa's Inequality Crisis and the Rise of the Super-Rich, warns how concentration of wealth and policies that enrich elites are accelerating inequality. #Africainequality policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/af...

How does nightlife help us understand LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon's capital, Beirut? Ghiwa Abi Haidar, explains how the dance floor has been a place for queer people to find freedom and radical joy. Read the blog: views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/we-f...

School-age children aren’t getting the food they need in emergencies – why have they been forgotten? Tolulope Jayeola, Youth Partner of Emergency Nutrition Networ introduces its new research exploring #nutrition for young people in humanitarian response. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/scho...

‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut. If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ rights in Lebanon's capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar in a blog for Pride month. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/we-f...

‘I have two jobs: one that keeps someone alive – and one that I get paid for.’ Unpaid carers like me save the NHS billions, says Laura Barnes in a blog for Carers Week in the UK – yet our rewards include burnout and poverty views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/i-ha...

Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers, says @hannahwebster.bsky.social of @carefull.bsky.social. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/lets... @carers-week.bsky.social

"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees," Wangari Maathai What's your little thing? Join the #MakeChangeHappen course and grow your skills to drive positive social change. Register: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...

Five ways to back enterprises that drive climate and gender justice. Women already lead innovation in the green economy. Here’s how to support their enterprises and ensure climate-friendly firms also boost gender justice. @oxfamnovib.bsky.social views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/five...

In a blog for today's International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, activist Dumiso Gatsha considers how to support grassroots work towards LGBTQIA+ people's liberation, in a world increasingly hostile to their rights. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/05/afri...

What are you reading this week? Dive into our paper, #UnheardWaterStories, sharing stories from 6 countries, including 🇸🇾 and 🇮🇶, on the challenges communities face in accessing water. Governments must create inclusive climate policies. Read more: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay! How are you celebrating? Here's what we are reading: 🟢#TakersNotMakers - policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ta... 🟢Change the Way You Do Business - policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ch... 🟢Care as Essential Infrastructure- policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ca...

دورة تدريبية مجانية عبر الإنترنت بخصوص النضال والحملات؟ اشترك/اشتركي معنا! الدورة التدريبية #إحداث_التغيير من @oxfaminternational.bsky.social و @openuniversity.bsky.social متاحة الآن! سجّل/سجّلي في الدورة التدريبية وتعرّف/تعرّفي على أساسيات ما يعنيه أن تكون صانع/صانعة تغيير. www.open.edu/openlearncre...

Peru banned child marriage: here are three ways longitudinal research helped make that happen. Kath Ford on how Oxford’s Young Lives study made real policy impact based on robust data, influencing work and relationships built over years. @yloxford.bsky.social frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/peru-ban-chi...

‘We can use our power, and create our own narratives’. Oxfam Indonesia’s country office is stepping back to make way for local organisation the Penabulu Foundation to become a full Oxfam affiliate. Here, country director Maria Lauranti explains the change. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/04/new-...

#MakeChangeHappen is back! The online course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social is revised, updated and now available in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Interested in learning about creating change? Register here: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang... Illustration: Chizi Katama

Land is at the heart of women’s rights in the Global South: yet this year’s political declaration by the UN Commission on the Status of Women did not mention it. Naomi Shadrack on why we need to put land rights back on the global feminist agenda #CSW69 views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/04/land...

According to the UN, a language disappears every two weeks, taking cultural and intellectual heritage with it. As we celebrate #MotherLanguageDay, check out these papers and blogs on language's important role in knowledge production and decolonial work in the development sector.

A new world is possible. This #ValentinesDay, read these papers explaining how we create a new world by: 💚Taxing the super-rich- policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ta... 💚 Making Polluters Pay - policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ca... 💚Moving #BeyondGDP - policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ra...

The world looks set to see five trillionaires within a decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Catch up on our Davos report and blog series in our monthly round-up of Oxfam research and blogs. mailchi.mp/oxfam/jan25 #TakersNotMakers

Two lessons from Trump’s attack on aid. @duncangreenlse.bsky.social says the catastrophic cuts highlight how the development sector must now help local change makers raise money from non-aid sources -- and support grassroots activism frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/two-lessons-...

‘It feels like a more innocent time for Oxfam and for our belief in progress’: Dominic Vickers looks back on the Make Poverty History campaign 20 years after Nelson Mandela’s rousing launch speech in Trafalgar Square. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/02/look...

Why the campaign for reparations must put gender justice at its heart. @lurityugusuk.bsky.social and Hazel Birungi on five ways plans for redress can include justice for women in the latest blog in our #WEF25 series. #Davos #TakersNotMakers #Decolonisation views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/01/repa...

How did @oxfaminternational.bsky.social calculate the numbers in the #TakersNotMakers report? In this blog, Alex Maitland takes us through the number-crunching and methodology used in the report. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/01/how-...

The world is on course to see 5 trillionaires by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged since 1990. Anjela Taneja and @hbignell.bsky.social share insights from #TakersNotMakers. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/01/davo...

In 2024, billionaire wealth rose three times faster than in 2023. Our latest briefing paper, #TakersNotMakers, explains why we must radically change our modern-day colonial economic system to end poverty. Read more: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/ta...

Communities from diverse backgrounds are experiencing water crises in distinct ways. As #climatechange intensifies these crises, where are the voices and perspectives of these communities?

When will we see the first trillionaire? How does carbon inequality cost lives? And is there language bias among NGO recruiters? Catch up on the top Oxfam research papers and blogs of 2024 in our end-of-year round-up... mailchi.mp/oxfam/policy...