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Ukraine: After Six Months, the Impact of War Continues Devastating Lives
  • Conflict and War
  • Emergency Response
  • Refugees and Internal Displacement
  • Violence Against Women and Girls

The war has devastated Ukraine while people in the most vulnerable corners of the world continue feeling its catastrophic ripple effects.

by Oxfam | August 24, 2022

A group of people of diverse ages, genders and races wearing winter clothes stand in a crowd on a highway, several of whom are on their cell phones. Behind them are dozens of vehicles. Some parked at the side of the road and some are at a standstill on the road itself. There are several roadside signs. Some are billboards and some are directional signs.

Six Women Creating Spaces for Gender Justice in Asia
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Women's Transformative Leadership

Through the Creating Spaces project, these women champion female leadership to advance gender justice.

by Asma Siyala and Farwah Qasim | March 8, 2022

A group of Brown women wearing colourful saris are sitting down on the floor and raising their hands.

"Let me be the last survivor": Lessons from six years of action to end violence against women and girls in Asia
  • Feminist Aid
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Women's Transformative Leadership

How communities in east and south Asia tackled gender-based violence and changed laws and social norms to protect women and girls.

by Megan Lowthers | December 6, 2021

Three girls dressed formally hold two red dark pink banners with white text that reads, hashtag End child marriage and hashtag girl defenders. All the girls are smiling and looking directly at the camera. The one standing in the middle wears a red headscarf.

I’m in the Right Place with Oxfam
  • Emergency Response
  • Violence Against Women and Girls

Karen Sander, the Chair of the Board of Oxfam Canada, traveled to Bangladesh with senior and program staff from Oxfam. This is her story.

by Karen Sander | December 2, 2021

Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on Solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc People
  • Advocacy in Canada
  • Conflict and War
  • Violence Against Women and Girls

This open letter to Ministers Carolyn Bennett and Marc Miller expresses solidarity with Indigenous people in Canada in the face of ongoing genocide.

by A coalition of gender justice organizations | June 9, 2021

In the foreground, an Indigenous woman wearing a black brimmed hat, sunglasses, an orange tshirt, black pants and a long pink sweater scatters tobacco. In the background, dozens of Indigenous people and allies march while drumming and singing.

Finding the Path to Voice, Choice and Agency

Violence Against Women and Girls

Noor, 18, shares her story of walking away from domestic violence in Pakistan, which has been labelled an endemic social and public health problem with more than 24 per cent…

by Oxfam Canada | May 7, 2021

A woman facing a concrete wall with sunlight shining on her head

‘There is no focus on domestic workers’: The invisible workforce in Bangladesh during COVID-19
  • Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Women’s Economic Justice

The life of a domestic worker in Dhaka city...

by Shamminaz Polen | Oxfam Canada | June 11, 2020

5 ways Oxfam's Feminist Leadership is in Action
  • Feminist Aid
  • Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Women’s Economic Justice

Find out the five ways Oxfam’s LAC Regional Women’s Rights and Gender Justice group are bringing feminist learning into the centre of our organization.

by Tamsin Smith | Oxfam | April 19, 2020

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