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The Issues

There are so many really serious issues that affect the world today - Oxfam focuses on those featured here. For more about Oxfam and GenerationWhy, click here.

Climate Change
Climate Change
Climate change is real and it is happening now. This poses a major threat to the lives of people living in poverty.
Conflict & Disaster
Conflict and disaster
Each year more than 30 million people flee their homes as a result of conflicts or natural disasters.
Debt & Aid
Debt and aid
Oxfam campaigns for more aid and debt relief for developing countries.
Democracy & Human Rights
Democracy and human rights
Oxfam’s work focuses on the fact that poor men and women don’t have a ‘voice’.
Education
Education
All children and adults should have educational opportunities to help them overcome
their poverty.
Gender
Gender
Around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty are women and girls.
Health
Health
Oxfam is widely known for the public health work it does in emergencies.
HIV & AIDS
HIV/AIDS
There are 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Livelihoods
Livelihoods
Oxfam wants everyone to have a ‘sustainable livelihood’.
Trade
Trade
Oxfam campaigns to change global trade rules so that they work for poor people as well as the rich.

Make Trade Fair
Make Trade Fair Campaign
Urge world leaders and companies to make trade fair.
Control Arms
Control Arms Campaign
The arms trade is out of control: every minute, one person in the world is killed by armed violence.
Health and Education for All
Health & Education for All
Urgent action is needed to guarantee people's human rights to quality education, basic health care, water and sanitation
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