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Date: Oct 2012

29 Articles

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11 Oct 2012

Oxfam responds to The Human Security Report 2012

The Human Security Report is at it again. The latest edition from Canada's Simon Fraser...

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Women and girls spend several hours a day collecting water often standing in baking heat. They then carry the heavy jerry cans home, either on their heads or tied to the end of poles.

By Ed Cairns

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11 Oct 2012

Land campaigning building to a BOOM

It's less than a week since we launched our latest campaign, to stop land grabs but so much...

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By Ian Sullivan

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10 Oct 2012

Efforts to end global hunger are “flat-lining”, warns Oxfam, as UN figures show 870 million are still going short of food each day

Rising food prices and increased frequency of humanitarian crises may entrench hunger long term...

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By Anna Ridout

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08 Oct 2012

New survey reveals Somalia’s food crisis remains critical and likely to worsen in coming months

A new survey of people across 40 regions of Somalia by international agency Oxfam has found that...

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By Anna Ridout

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05 Oct 2012

Fighting for an Arms Trade Treaty at the UN General Assembly

I'm in New York, helping co-ordinate our plans with Control Arms Coalition colleagues, on the...

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Fake tombstones are placed along the East River by members of the Control Arms Coalition to coincide with a diplomatic conference on the future Arms Trade Treaty in New York. They are calling on the over 190 countries present to agree a strong global agreement that will bring the arms trade under control. July 24, 2012. Andrew Kelly

By Kate Hughes

05 Oct 2012

Hot Chip Vinyl Emporium to play Scottish gig for Oxfam

Glasgow 'Takeover' is part of the UK's biggest charity music festival, Oxjam ...

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By Jamie Livingstone

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04 Oct 2012

Time to stop the global land rush...

GET OUT You've got two minutes to get your things and get out. Stop crying. There's...

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By Marloes Nicholls

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02 Oct 2012

Oxfam responds as flooding affects Pakistan

International aid agency Oxfam has started an emergency response to get aid to those affected by...

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01 Oct 2012

Your memories of Oxfam

Earlier this year we asked you for your memories of Oxfam, to help mark our 70th anniversary (this...

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By Al Kinley

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