Government Spending Watch, a site that collates MDG spending, launches today. Guppi Bola and Rachel Bladon explain how this powerful tool will be critical in holding governments to account....
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In January, Dow Punpiputt met some of the women leaders who took part in the Raising Her Voice project in Nepal. Here she gives a personal response to the impact of meeting with these inspirational women.
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"The UK government is showing admirable international leadership through sustaining its level of aid to Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries. Because of international aid a record number of boys and girls now go to school. Afghanistan's future relies on these children and their potential. Huge challenges of extreme poverty, the position of women and corruption remain. The hard won gains of recent years need to be secured...
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As Yemen's hunger crisis worsens, families are resorting to some desperate measures to cope. The price of basic foodstuffs and fuel has increased and the UN says 10 million people are going hungry, with 5 million needing urgent assistance.
Oxfam visited the northern governorate of Hajjah, close to the border with Saudi Arabia, to assess how families have been coping during the current hunger crisis and to plan our response...
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Aisha, Wafa and Hafsa never imagined that their tragedies would signal a wake-up call for the residents of their small village in western Yemen. The two sisters Wafa and Aisha and their cousin Hafsa got married in 2010, when they were all under 16 - as is the custom in their village.
Wafa, who was married off at age 15 to a 28-year-old man, demanded a divorce after one year when her husband refused to let her continue her schooling....
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David Grimason has today announced he will take his campaign for a strong Arms Trade Treaty to the United Nations during the final talks in New York.
Mr Grimason's son Alistair was two-years-old when he was shot dead during a holiday to Turkey in 2003 and he has campaigned for tougher laws on arms ever since.
Alistair was asleep in his pram in a cafe when an argument broke out at a nearby table and a man opened fire - killing...
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A new Oxfam supported book, Be Outraged: Austerity isn't working, is looking at alternatives to current European austerity drive.
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Ever thought that climate change was too big to tackle? That small personal changes you make don't make much difference? Watch this great animation, and know that EVERY small change makes a huge difference.
Now take action: tell the UK Government to stand up for small-scale farmers at Rio+20
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Are poor people being left behind by the G20? Ian Sullivan takes a look at a new Oxfam report tackling this issue.
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