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Ending global poverty begins with women's rights.
#TheFutureIsEqual
While world leaders meet at
#COP30
, women like Nakato in
#Uganda
are already growing climate solutions, right from their verandas. 🪴 🔗 Read Nakato's story 👉
www.oxfam.ca/story/from-v...
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
2 days ago
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"On the whole, the much-anticipated budget falls short of the scale of investment needed in social infrastructure to ensure that all people across Canada can meet their most basic needs." 🔗 Read our full reaction to Canada's Budget 2025:
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-c...
5 days ago
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Here’s the thing: aid works. Around the world, aid helps people claim their rights, rebuild, & lead their lives. But aid budgets are being slashed, putting progress, equality, & lives at risk. Take a stand for global justice today:
secured.oxfam.ca/page/170402/...
#aidworks
#aidworks2025
#oxfam
7 days ago
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT: The Federal Government’s $660 million investment in the Department of Women and Gender Equality:
www.oxfam.ca/news/gender-...
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Gender equality work is the infrastructure that holds us together - Oxfam
We, the undersigned, celebrate this week’s announcement by The Honourable Rechie Valdez, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, and The Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty on the Federal Go
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/gender-equality-work-is-the-infrastructure-that-holds-us-together/
12 days ago
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reposted by
Oxfam Canada
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE
15 days ago
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad. Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office. 👉
cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
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WINNIPEG! Don't miss your chance to hear Oxfam Canada's Executive Director, Lauren Ravon, and Deputy Director on Humanitarian Programming, Dalia Al-Awqati, discuss their experiences as leaders dedicated to building lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Reserve your FREE spot at the link below!
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2025 Sol Kanee Lecture for Peace and Justice
Oxfam Canada's Lauren Ravon and Dalia Al Awqati will share experiences as leaders dedicated to lasting solutions to poverty and injustice
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-sol-kanee-lecture-for-peace-and-justice-tickets-1513458397809?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacuMSe-DQ6hF_mXF1W9rHBd9XZQpaBB7GqVgBOnBYSWFRbRV_PiuBeno_AjBQ_aem_ndXCJMrZ2L6vkDGsz0ttSQ
12 days ago
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Oxfam Canada welcomes the announcement of $660M for women and gender equality. This win comes as a result of the collective advocacy and solidarity of the feminist sector.
13 days ago
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PRESS RELEASE: A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
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14 days ago
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Thanks for coming to our TED talk 😒 P.S. Oxfam’s new Climate Plunder report is out, and of course, the richest are still producing the most carbon pollution, while the poorest pay the most price. We must
#MakeRichPollutersPay
. 🔗Read the report here:
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
14 days ago
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Ngakutoth Biel lost her son & her uncle while fleeing from South Sudan to Ethiopia. She & her surviving kids now live in a refugee camp. Nothing can bring back her family, but with your support, we can provide aid for her, her surviving children, & other refugees. 🔗
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15 days ago
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Oxfam Canada’s new Inequality Scorecard 2025 exposes the policy choices driving Canada’s growing economic and social divide, and through bold recommendations, charts a path toward a fairer future.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-c...
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Oxfam Canada launches 2025 Inequality Scorecard - Oxfam Canada
Ottawa, ON — October 27, 2025— Inequality in Canada is on the rise. Billionaires rake in hundreds of millions daily, while ordinary people struggle with impossibly stark choices like whether to pay
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-canada-launches-2025-inequality-scorecard/
16 days ago
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NEW INEQUALITY SCORECARD: 📊 Our new Inequality Scorecard breaks down how Canada is doing on housing, taxes, care, climate, Indigenous justice, and more, and what needs to change to bridge the gap. 🔗 Download and read the full report HERE:
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
16 days ago
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Oxfam joins 41 organizations operating on the ground in
#Gaza
in calling on the Israel government to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.
www.oxfam.ca/news/mountin...
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Mounting alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications to transport
41 organizations operating on the ground in Gaza call on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/mounting-alarm-as-israeli-authorities-reject-ngo-applications-to-transport-life-saving-aid-into-gaza/
20 days ago
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In countries like South Sudan & Uganda, too many young women and girls can't go to school & are displaced from their homes due to conflict and natural disasters. Learn more about the
@globalaffairs.canada.ca
funded project, in collaboration with War Child Canada:
www.oxfam.ca/project/gear...
22 days ago
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"Peace is more lasting when women help shape it. Canada must include women and civil society in all peacebuilding efforts, esp. in Palestine and urgently appoint an Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security", says Lauren Ravon.
@globalaffairs.canada.ca
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
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Beyond Rhetoric - Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace and
by | WARNING: Background Image Alt Description is missing!! Photo Credit: Oxfam Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is
https://www.oxfam.ca/publication/beyond-rhetoric-feminist-leadership-for-a-transformative-women-peace-and-security-agenda-at-25/
27 days ago
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New Report 📢 25 years after Women, Peace & Security pledge, govts have spent billions on arms but just 0.1% of aid reaches women’s rights groups. Feminist peace hasn’t failed, it’s been betrayed.
#HandsOffOurSpaces
Read more here:
www.oxfam.ca/news/25-year...
27 days ago
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🚨REACTION: Oxfam on
#GazaCeasefire
deal: “The ceasefire must immediately unlock full and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza, supported by the international community ensuring that a sustainable ceasefire is upheld."- Amitabh Behar, Executive Director.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
about 1 month ago
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Oxfam leaders met with Ottawa officials to demand action to stop the genocide in Gaza. We cannot sit on the sidelines. When human lives hang in the balance, moral leadership must match political will. Read the piece by Lauren Ravon & Bushra Khalidi:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/10/08/canada-has-influence-its-time-to-use-it-to-stop-genocide/476138/
about 1 month ago
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Dear
@mark-carney.bsky.social
, did you get our 30,000 emails? More than 33,500 Canadians have spoken: Not in my name. We demand Canada uphold international law and call for a permanent ceasefire NOW. You can still make your voice heard. Send a letter to PM Carney today 👉
notinmyname.oxfam.ca
about 1 month ago
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"Budget 2025 is a chance to make bold, people centred choices. At the time of rising inequality, global conflict, and threats to human rights, Canada must choose fairness, dignity, and security for all." Read our recommendations for the upcoming federal budget here 👉
www.oxfam.ca/story/buildi...
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Building a Canada that Works for Everyone: Oxfam Canada’s Recommendations for the Upcoming Federal Budget
As the federal government readies to table its next budget the stakes could not be higher. We are living through a time of profound uncertainly. Around the world, armed conflicts, climate disasters an...
https://www.oxfam.ca/story/building-a-canada-that-works-for-everyone-oxfam-canadas-recommendations-for-the-upcoming-federal-budget/
about 1 month ago
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Nope, we're not over last weekend's Let's Talk About Palestine event! WATCH as our community filled the room with art, dialogue, and music. 💚🍉 Watch the recap 👉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikXy...
Send a letter to PM Carney and tell him to stop arming Israel NOW! 👉
notinmyname.oxfam.ca
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Lets Talk About Palestine: A Night of Solidarity
YouTube video by Oxfam Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikXys1m1hx8
about 1 month ago
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Last weekend, our community gathered for Let’s Talk About Palestine: a night of solidarity, music, and dialogue with George Stroumboulopoulos, Bushra Khalidi, Jenn Grant, local artists, and readers. Thank you to the artists, vendors, speakers, and everyone who showed up to stand with Palestine.
about 1 month ago
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🔴PRESS RELEASE:
#Palestine
recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency. Full statement 👉🏾
www.oxfam.ca/news/palesti...
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Oxfam Canada
Yuen Pau Woo
about 2 months ago
Humanitarian workers are under increasing threat. Earlier this week, I co-hosted an event with
@redcrosscanada.bsky.social
&
@oxfamcanada.bsky.social
to highlight the urgent need for parliamentarians to understand and uphold international humanitarian law.
#IHL
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Oxfam mourns our partner colleague Tasneem (27), killed with her 2 young children in an Israeli airstrike in
#Gaza
. Partner clinics providing life-saving care have also been destroyed. Aid workers must never be targets.
www.oxfam.ca/news/israeli...
about 2 months ago
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This morning on Parliament Hill, Oxfam Canada & allies held a press conference calling on the federal government to end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-c...
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“Not In My Name”: Oxfam Canada Rallies Prominent Canadians to Demand - Oxf
Ottawa, ON – September 23, 2025 – Oxfam Canada will lead a press conference on Parliament Hill at 8:30 AM ET today, calling on the federal government to end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of th
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-canada-rallies-prominent-canadians-to-demand-ottawa-end-complicity-in-genocide-against-palestinians/
about 2 months ago
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Join us for a powerful evening of solidarity and support for
#Palestine
, featuring: 🎤A conversation between George Stroumboulopoulos C.M. FRCGS & Bushra Khalidi 🎼Musical performance by Jenn Grant 🔗Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/lets-talk-...
about 2 months ago
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‼️Over 70 prominent Canadians say “Not In My Name” in Oxfam Canada’s latest campaign to demand that the Canadian government end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. Read our press release:
www.oxfam.ca/news/not-in-...
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notinmyname.oxfam.ca
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Not In My Name: Canada—Stop Arming Israel
Add your voice. Demand Canada halt arms exports, ensure aid to Gaza, and uphold international law. Sign the petition and rush aid today.
https://notinmyname.oxfam.ca
about 2 months ago
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#NOTINMYNAME
WE DO NOT SUPPORT CANADA’S COMPLICITY IN ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE. WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE STARVATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND KILLING OF PALESTINIANS🇵🇸. AND WE DEMAND ACTION NOW! Add your name to the petition here 👇
notinmyname.oxfam.ca
#NotInMyName
#CeaseFireNOW
#FreePalestine
about 2 months ago
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"While the challenges in front of us are incredible, with the necessary energy and ambition there is plenty of positive change to be advanced."
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Oxfam Canada highlights top priorities as Parliament begins Fall sitting -
As MPs and Senators return to Ottawa to begin the Fall sitting of Parliament, Oxfam Canada recognizes the complex challenges the federal government faces. These include geopolitical and trade tensions
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-canada-highlights-top-priorities-as-parliament-begins-fall-sitting/
about 2 months ago
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🚨BREAKING: 1 million people being forced towards unliveable, so called “humanitarian area” in mass forced displacement.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-p...
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Oxfam: Palestinians pushed into deeper crisis with Israeli displacement -
1 million people being forced towards unliveable, so called “humanitarian area” in mass forced displacement. Israel’s intent to displace around 1 million civilians, half of whom are living in famine
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-palestinians-pushed-into-deeper-crisis-with-israeli-displacement-order-on-entire-gaza-city/
2 months ago
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🚨REACTION: Famine is confirmed in Gaza Governorate and projected to spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September,
@theipcinfo.bsky.social
warns.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
3 months ago
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❤️🩹On this
#WorldHumanitarianDay
, we honor humanitarian workers around the globe, those who are compelled to run towards disaster to provide life-saving assistance to communities facing unimaginable crises. 🔗 Read about some of our brave humanitarian colleagues:
www.oxfam.ca/story/world-...
3 months ago
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Oxfam & over 100 other organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponization of aid. Since March, millions in lifesaving food & medicine have been blocked from Gaza.
www.oxfam.ca/news/gaza-is...
3 months ago
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🚨REACTION: Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City, forcibly displacing over 1M people would be utterly catastrophic, warns Oxfam.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Genocide
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Oxfam reaction to Israel's decision to take control of Gaza City -
Reacting to today's announcement of the Israeli cabinet's decision to take direct military control of Gaza City, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam's Policy Lead in the Occupied Palestinian
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-reaction-to-israels-decision-to-take-control-of-gaza-city/
3 months ago
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Oxfam Canada and Oxfam-Québec are dismayed by Canada’s inaction in the face of the deliberate starvation of the Gaza Strip.
www.oxfam.ca/news/gaza-ca...
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Gaza: Canada, it is high time to act now - Oxfam Canada
Oxfam-Québec and Oxfam Canada are dismayed by Canada's inaction in the face of the deliberate starvation of the Gaza Strip. “Tweets don't feed anyone, and statements won't open a
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/gaza-canada-it-is-high-time-to-act-now/
4 months ago
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🚨BREAKING: Six months into renewed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
#Congo
, cholera is killing more than four people every day, Oxfam warns.
www.oxfam.ca/news/six-mon...
4 months ago
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🚨BREAKING: Disease is ripping through Gaza as Israel continues to deliberately block aid. Oxfam reports a nearly 150% surge in preventable water-borne illnesses over the past three months.
www.oxfam.ca/news/disease...
#LetAidIn
#CeasefireNow
4 months ago
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🚨 Oxfam and over 100+ humanitarian organizations, incl.
@savethechildren.org
,
@amnesty.org
@msfincanada.bsky.social
&
@careintuk.bsky.social
, sound the alarm: let aid into
#Gaza
.
www.oxfam.ca/news/more-th...
4 months ago
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Oxfam and over 170 organizations demand an immediate end to Israel's deadly distribution scheme, a return to UN-led coordination, and the lifting of the brutal blockade on
#Gaza
.
www.oxfam.ca/news/gaza-st...
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GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response - Oxfam
Oxfam, alongside over 170 NGOs, calls for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/gaza-starvation-or-gunfire-this-is-not-a-humanitarian-response/
4 months ago
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PRESS RELEASE: 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages, global survey by
@greenpeace.org
and
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social
finds. Study launched today as governments meet for
#JuneClimateMeetings
#SB62
.
www.oxfam.ca/news/global-...
5 months ago
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🚨 REACTIVE: "Oxfam is deeply concerned by the outcomes of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. At a time when urgent global crises demand bold and united action, the summit fell short of delivering the leadership the world needs."
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
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Oxfam Reaction to the 2025 G7 Summit - Oxfam Canada
Oxfam is deeply concerned by the outcomes of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. At a time when urgent global crises demand bold and united action, the summit fell short of delivering the leadership the
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-reaction-to-the-2025-g7-summit/
5 months ago
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As world leaders arrive for the
#G7Summit
in Kananaskis, Alberta, Oxfam is here to sound the alarm on the biggest aid cut in G7 history, a 28% drop that risks lives and undermines global stability.
www.oxfam.ca/news/biggest...
5 months ago
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Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7 Summit in Kananaskis
www.oxfam.ca/news/women-7...
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Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7
Ottawa, ON – Just days ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women 7 (W7), the official G7 engagement group representing feminist civil society worldwide, has issued an urg
https://www.oxfam.ca/news/women-7-w7-urge-action-on-rights-climate-and-gender-justice-ahead-of-g7-summit-in-kananaskis/
5 months ago
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📽️ WATCH: This map visualizes
#Gaza’s
systematic erasure. Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip.
www.oxfam.ca/news/600-day...
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6 months ago
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Oxfam reaction to announcement that Israel will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
6 months ago
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REACTION: Oxfam responds to today’s 2025 Global Report on Food Crises, which reveals that 195 million people are facing acute hunger — double the number in 2020.
www.oxfam.ca/news/reactio...
6 months ago
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Congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney and the newly appointed Cabinet. Oxfam Canada looks forward to collaborating on advancing gender justice, climate action, and equitable development.
6 months ago
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REACTION: Silence in the face of this manmade starvation is complicity.
www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-r...
6 months ago
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🚨GLOBAL JOINT STATEMENT: 55 International NGO’s demand urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for International Non-Governmental Organizations.
www.oxfam.ca/news/israels...
6 months ago
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