Oxfam blog

Stories, opinions and updates from across Oxfam’s work written by staff, partner organisations and guest authors. Explore reflections on global justice and inequality, insight from campaigns and communities, and ideas on how people can take action for change.

A cardboard placard that says 'refugees welcome' with trees and blue sky in the background

20 Jul 2023

The ‘Refugee Ban Bill’ has passed, but the UK is still a country that cares
Two people holding hands. A rainbow ribbon is wrapped around one person's wrist and on the other person's wrist is a rainbow watch with the word PRIDE painted in rainbow colours on the arm

30 Jun 2023

LGBTQIA+ people in the Philippines still need an anti‑discrimination law
Logos for Print

23 May 2023

Joint letter calls for PM to step up funding to East Africa
Some tent structures in the desert from above.

18 Apr 2023

Why famine means failure
Young Kenyan women in a group photo with some holding large cardboard picture frame cutouts and peering through the gap.

12 Apr 2023

How INGOs can decolonise compliance and build fairer partnerships
Angela is sitting with her four daughters outside their home in Namwala, Southern Province, Zambia

5 Apr 2023

Why feminist movements matter
A young women handling boxes of donated items

27 Mar 2023

Türkiye (Turkey) Syria Earthquake: The aftermath
The cover of Oxfam's inclusive language guide which has a green background with the Oxfam logo and the title in white capitals. There are 5 illustrations of a diverse group of people including an athlete with a prosthetic leg and a person wearing a sari.

13 Mar 2023

Oxfam launches its Inclusive Language Guide
Mother and child stood by window. Image: Kieran Doherty / Oxfam

23 Feb 2023

Ukraine one year on: Community led recovery in pictures
Civil defence workers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings

9 Feb 2023

Turkey-Syria: How can I help?
Civilian houses destroyed with groups of people stood around looking at the rubble.

31 Jan 2023

UK arms sales and the human impact in Yemen
An image of an alarm clock with the words 'we don't all have the same 24 hours' by it.

27 Jan 2023

Billionaires' wealth could stop the East Africa food crisis every 24 hours