How did we work with poor women to campaign for their rights?
Chocolate is a $100 billion industry, but most cocoa farmers live on less than $2 a day. The top 3 chocolate companies - Mars,...
Why campaign on land?
We've been campaigning on land grabbing for many years, but in 2013 a new report, Sugar Rush, described how sugar, along with soy and palm oil, was driving...
By Ipek Gencsu, Oxfam GB volunteer
Last week I took part in the launch of the latest action of the Behind the Brands Campaign (I'm in the grey suit!). Dressed up as 'sugar inspectors'...
In a brilliant sketch from his Dressed to Kill tour, Eddie Izzard satirises colonial land grabs. "We stole countries," he says, "that's how you start an empire." It turns...
Yesterday, Oxfam launched a new campaign focussing on how sugar production worldwide leads to land grabs - when poor communities are kicked off their land so big companies can grow cash crops. Our...
On Wednesday 2nd October we're launching the next phase of Behind the Brands! The details are top-secret, but this exclusive teaser video gives a sneak preview of the campaign to come.
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What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks, private investors, governments or corporations which result in the often violent eviction of local people from their homes...
Oxfam in the North of England is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join their Constituency Campaigner Programme
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On Saturday 15th June, the Oxfam Manchester group attended 'Feeding the 5000'. This miniature festival aims to draw an awareness to the British public about food wastage by offering...
Now that the G8 has started, and discussions are taking place we've been hitting the media.
Friday 14 June
On Friday we hosted a 'pop-up tax haven' on London's South...