Press release

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 Organization (ILO) initiative funded by the European Union (EU).

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...

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 workers in accessing maternity protection benefits. In Laos, most workers are in the informal sector...

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 slow. Most of the world’s population, especially in middle- and lower-income countries, lacks access...

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-...