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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 yellow signpost with the word Austerity printed in black below another signpost of a dollar sign.

12 Oct 2023

The World Bank and IMF must change to tackle poverty
Razigah is sat in the doorway of her small grocery hut handing a red packet to a young boy.

14 Aug 2023

Why GDP fails women: the hidden value of unpaid care work
An illustration of a group of women

11 Aug 2023

Why we must move beyond GDP to value women and the climate
An informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya showing cheap and flimsy buildings with high rise offices and apartments in the background

26 Jul 2023

Why the Palma ratio can accelerate efforts to tackle global inequality
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
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
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
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 older man wearing a navy checked shirt and a pale cardigan is holding a basket of produce in a shop whilst looking at the back of a box

19 Jan 2023

Corporate profits are driving the cost-of-living crisis
A large white super yacht in a marina with a helicopter on a landing platform near the top of the yacht. In the foreground is a smaller white boat with the man on board looking at the super yacht.

18 Jan 2023

Why the super-rich pay lower taxes than most people
A group of women at a demonstration holding a large banner that reads "Tax billionaires, not workers! Wealth tax now!" The foreground sponsor logo is for the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development.

16 Jan 2023

Taxing the super-rich has collapsed and it needs to change