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Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990

Coffee and Tea Workers the Focus of New ILO project Launched in Lao PDR

Workers in Lao PDR’s coffee and tea sectors are set to benefit from better access to social protection and improved occupational safety and health following the launch of a new International Labour…

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…

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…

On International Labour Day, Oxfam Brings Attention to the Challenges Marginalized Women Workers in Cambodian and ASEAN Face in Accessing Maternity Protection

Vientiane Capital, 30 April 2021 – Commemorating this year’s Labour Day, Oxfam and partners in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam launched a digital campaign to raise awareness on challenges faced by women…

Controlling COVID-19: Peoples’ Vaccine, Not For-Profit Vaccine!

Compared to the terrifying speed at which the virus is spreading and mutating, as most recently being seen in India, scaling up global COVID-19 vaccination access and inoculation have been painfully…

New global index shows “catastrophic” failure to tackle inequality left majority of world’s countries woefully unprepared for COVID-19

Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks lastVery low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labor rights meant the majority of the world’s countries…

12,000 people per day could die from Covid-19 linked hunger by end of year, potentially more than the disease, warns Oxfam.

Eight of the biggest food and beverage companies pay out $18 billion to shareholders as new epicentres of hunger emerge across the globeAs many as 12,000 people could die per day by the end of the…

Oxfam reaction to Coronavirus pandemic reaching 1 million cases

In reaction to the coronavirus pandemic reaching 1 million confirmed cases, Oxfam interim Executive Director Chema Vera, said today:“This is a grim milestone that must spur the international…

World’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people

The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals a new report from Oxfam today ahead of the World Economic Forum…