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Oxfam Reaction to Announced US Support of WTO TRIPS Waiver on COVID Vaccines

In response to the news that the US has backed a waiver on Intellectual Property for Covid-19 Vaccines, the Peoples Vaccine campaign responded with this reaction: This is the decision the world needed: by backing a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines the Biden...

Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose

US, UK and EU blocking proposals at WTO to help poorer countries get vaccines more quickly. One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Vaccine Alliance is warning that developing countries are facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical supplies to cope with COVID-...

Oxfam staff visit a informal workers at a recycling factory in Lao PDR

Covid-19 Impact Assessment: Socio-Economic Impacts on Returnee Migrant Workers in Lao PDR (2021)

Many Laotian migrant workers lost their jobs when shops, retail outlets and local markets in Thailand were closed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The lockdown in Thailand led to peaks in unemployment, income loss among the most vulnerable and queues at overland crossings to return to Laos. The...

Oxfam in Asia - Asia Resilience Hub - Statement: AMCDRR 2018

Oxfam Statement: Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR 2018)

Asia could and must lead the world to a new era of shared prosperity by reducing disaster impacts, holding true to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 call to "Leave no one behind". Oxfam supports the 8th AMCDRR and aims to work side by side with ministers, organizations, and other actors...

Lao Youth Model Organic Farmer

Anouthikone Sipaseuth (Top), is an organic vegetable farmer from Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. Influenced by a young Thai programmer turned farmer, he left his job as an IT and Business professional at the National Treasury of Luang Prabang province to start an organic vegetable farm. In 2017,...

Voice Annual Linking and Learning 2020

“Together We Are Stronger” Linking and Learning is at the heart of all Voice country programs. It is a process that enables various stakeholders to share experiences and lessons from development initiatives while adhering to the three core elements of VOICE: include, influence, and innovate. From...

One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Pouluang's Story)

Pouluang dreams of building a small store with a larger working space to have others support him. However, recent payments to repair his truck, which he uses to transport the stoves, and tuition fees for his daughter, mean that it will take a little longer for him to make his dream a reality.

One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Bing's Story)

Before giving birth to her third child, Bing often jumped back and forth between Laos and Thailand, working mainly at construction sites. For the last five years or so, she has made a living collecting Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in wetland areas around the city and selling them at the local...