Campaigns
When people are blocked from opportunity, they often need to change laws, customs, and policies. Without these changes, real progress against poverty cannot be achieved. Oxfam's economic and political analysis helps them change the minds of powerful decision makers.
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Current campaigns
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- Right to Know, Right to Decide
- Oxfam America is calling on international oil, gas, and mining companies to show their respect for poor communities' right to know and right to decide. We are engaging with the public, government, private sector, and the international community.
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- Climate Change
- Poor countries are already suffering from the effects of climate change. Oxfam America is undertaking a campaign to address the disproportionate impacts of global warming by creating equitable solutions to the crisis.
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- Aid Reform
- US foreign aid is still under-performing and often fails to reach the people who need it most. Oxfam America is seeking reform of US foreign aid to make it more efficient, more modern, and more focused on ending global poverty.
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Features
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Majority who voted say no to Majaz Mining Company
Citizens express their will in peaceful referendum in Peru.
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Gambian villagers find hope in easy-to-fix hand pumps
Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the consequences of conflict. That planning is giving villagers the tools they need to better withstand hardship and to relieve some of the pressure on the natural resources—land, water, forests—on which they depend.
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In Ethiopia, hunger lurks as rain begins to fall on a drought-stricken land
4.6 million people now need emergency assistance as drought and high food prices take their toll.
