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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.

Three women standing in the doorway of their local foodbank in South Gabindi, Bangladesh. The woman on the left is holding a large metal bowl and the woman on the right is holding a large set of balance scales.

10 Aug 2026

Localization (R)evolution: the evolution of local leadership
A thick band of rainbow coloured ribbon wrapped around the fist of a person of colour.

27 Jul 2026

Solidarity without exception: Pride, backlash, and standing up for each other
A group of women from a in Satkhira, Bangladesh walking along a rocky terrain impacted by climate change and increasing levels of salinity in the water.

25 Jun 2026

Unpaid care, climate change and loss and damage in Bangladesh
A woman standing outside a blue tent looking out to the distance in the Occupied Territory of Palestine

24 Jun 2026

Rethinking humanitarian diplomacy through gender
Women stood beside a colourful bus holding up baskets of mangos to sell to the passengers.

27 Mar 2024

Four ways to boost investment in women-led small businesses
Women farmworkers tending a field in a village in Deir Ez-Zor, Syria

27 Mar 2024

The women left behind in Syria fighting the patriarchal gap
Mariam is smiling, wearing a red tunic and head covering with a pattern of white and blue flowers standing in front cooking firepits outside of sandy walls and buildings

17 Jan 2024

The $100 trillion gender wealth gap
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
Angela is sitting with her four daughters outside their home in Namwala, Southern Province, Zambia

5 Apr 2023

Why feminist movements matter