About us | Fight inequality to end poverty and injustice - Oxfam
WEBOxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. We offer lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action. We demand equal rights and equal treatment so that everyone can thrive, not just survive. The future is equal.
What is global inequality? - Oxfam
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Global inequality is the unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and power that shape well-being among the 8 billion individuals on our planet. Distinct from inequality within a country or between countries, global inequality is one way of understanding the different lived experiences of our fellow humans, no …
Oxfam - Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice | Oxfam
WEB5 days ago · Make sure your gift to Oxfam America goes directly to where it's most needed, without delay, with a secure online donation. (Looking to make a monthly donation, fundraise for Oxfam, or give some other way? .) Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. Join us and let’s build a more equal future—together.
Why is clean water important? | Oxfam
WEBMar 21, 2022 · Promoting good hygiene is also essential, especially during a pandemic. Oxfam partners train community leaders to encourage handwashing at critical moments. We provide hygiene kits with soap, water purification tablets, and other necessities that help people displaced by emergencies keep clean and avoid cholera outbreaks and COVID-19.. Safe sanitation is also crucial.
Contact us | Email, phone number & address | Oxfam
WEBFor all general inquiries or to make a donation: (800) 776-9326. Monday-Friday. 8:30am-9:00pm EST. From outside the United States: +1 (617) 482-1211.
What We Believe - Oxfam
WEBWe believe in equality. That’s it. Plain and simple. Not the everyone-gets-the-same-slice-of-pie kind of equal, but the let’s-share-the-recipe-so-there’s-enough-for-everyone kind of equal. We want: For everyone. For far too long, we’ve let a privileged few determine how the rest of us live. Poverty and injustice are the consequences ...
Decolonize! What does it mean? | Oxfam
WEBDec 15, 2022 · What does it mean? This document introduces the key concepts of decolonial theory that inform many current calls to decolonize. It provides examples from Latin America, Africa, and North America of how activists have envisioned or realized decolonial futures. These movements led by Indigenous Peoples, people of color, women, and queer people ...
How are billionaire and corporate power intensifying global
WEBJan 14, 2024 · 6 ways corporate power is making inequality worse 1. Corporations are generating income inequality. Corporations use their influence to oppose labor laws and policies that benefit workers, for example by fighting minimum wage increases, while pushing for political restrictions on unionization and supporting rollbacks to child labor laws.Only 0.4 percent of the world’s largest corporations ...
What’s the difference between Sudan and South Sudan? - Oxfam
WEBJul 7, 2021 · Conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Sudan’s western region of Darfur has suffered from decades of political marginalization and economic neglect by successive national governments, leaving an estimated 7.5 million people—almost a quarter of the country’s total population– impoverished. When armed groups in Darfur launched a …
Do the rich pay their fair share? - Oxfam
WEBFor comparison, the average American taxpayer in the same year paid 13 percent. According to leaked tax returns highlighted in a ProPublica investigation, the 25 richest Americans paid $13.6 billion in taxes from 2014-2018 —a “true” tax rate of just 3.4 percent on $401 billion of income. That’s not paying your fair share.