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Ending global poverty begins with women's rights. #TheFutureIsEqual
While world leaders meet at #COP30, women like Nakato in #Uganda are already growing climate solutions, right from their verandas. 🪴

🔗 Read Nakato's story 👉 www.oxfam.ca/story/from-v...

#COP30 #ClimateJustice
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"On the whole, the much-anticipated budget falls short of the scale of investment needed in social infrastructure to ensure that all people across Canada can meet their most basic needs."

🔗 Read our full reaction to Canada's Budget 2025: www.oxfam.ca/news/oxfam-c...
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here’s the thing: aid works.

Around the world, aid helps people claim their rights, rebuild, & lead their lives. But aid budgets are being slashed, putting progress, equality, & lives at risk.

Take a stand for global justice today: secured.oxfam.ca/page/170402/...
#aidworks #aidworks2025 #oxfam
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: The Federal Government’s $660 million investment in the Department of Women and Gender Equality: www.oxfam.ca/news/gender-...
Gender equality work is the infrastructure that holds us together - Oxfam
We, the undersigned, celebrate this week’s announcement by The Honourable Rechie Valdez, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, and The Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty on the Federal Go
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October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Oxfam Canada
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.

Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.

👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
WINNIPEG! Don't miss your chance to hear Oxfam Canada's Executive Director, Lauren Ravon, and Deputy Director on Humanitarian Programming, Dalia Al-Awqati, discuss their experiences as leaders dedicated to building lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.
Reserve your FREE spot at the link below!
2025 Sol Kanee Lecture for Peace and Justice
Oxfam Canada's Lauren Ravon and Dalia Al Awqati will share experiences as leaders dedicated to lasting solutions to poverty and injustice
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October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oxfam Canada welcomes the announcement of $660M for women and gender equality.

This win comes as a result of the collective advocacy and solidarity of the feminist sector.
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
PRESS RELEASE: A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.

www.oxfam.ca/news/a-perso...
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thanks for coming to our TED talk 😒

P.S. Oxfam’s new Climate Plunder report is out, and of course, the richest are still producing the most carbon pollution, while the poorest pay the most price. We must #MakeRichPollutersPay.

🔗Read the report here: www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ngakutoth Biel lost her son & her uncle while fleeing from South Sudan to Ethiopia. She & her surviving kids now live in a refugee camp.

Nothing can bring back her family, but with your support, we can provide aid for her, her surviving children, & other refugees.

🔗 tr.ee/wEEl8Irmuq
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Oxfam Canada’s new Inequality Scorecard 2025 exposes the policy choices driving Canada’s growing economic and social divide, and through bold recommendations, charts a path toward a fairer future.

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Oxfam Canada launches 2025 Inequality Scorecard - Oxfam Canada
Ottawa, ON — October 27, 2025— Inequality in Canada is on the rise. Billionaires rake in hundreds of millions daily, while ordinary people struggle with impossibly stark choices like whether to pay
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October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW INEQUALITY SCORECARD:

📊 Our new Inequality Scorecard breaks down how Canada is doing on housing, taxes, care, climate, Indigenous justice, and more, and what needs to change to bridge the gap.

🔗 Download and read the full report HERE: www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Oxfam joins 41 organizations operating on the ground in #Gaza in calling on the Israel government to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.

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Mounting alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications to transport
41 organizations operating on the ground in Gaza call on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In countries like South Sudan & Uganda, too many young women and girls can't go to school & are displaced from their homes due to conflict and natural disasters.

Learn more about the @globalaffairs.canada.ca funded project, in collaboration with War Child Canada: www.oxfam.ca/project/gear...
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Peace is more lasting when women help shape it. Canada must include women and civil society in all peacebuilding efforts, esp. in Palestine and urgently appoint an Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security", says Lauren Ravon.

@globalaffairs.canada.ca @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
Beyond Rhetoric - Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace and
by | WARNING: Background Image Alt Description is missing!! Photo Credit: Oxfam Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is
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October 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New Report 📢

25 years after Women, Peace & Security pledge, govts have spent billions on arms but just 0.1% of aid reaches women’s rights groups.

Feminist peace hasn’t failed, it’s been betrayed.
#HandsOffOurSpaces

Read more here: www.oxfam.ca/news/25-year...
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨REACTION: Oxfam on #GazaCeasefire deal: “The ceasefire must immediately unlock full and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza, supported by the international community ensuring that a sustainable ceasefire is upheld."- Amitabh Behar, Executive Director.

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October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oxfam leaders met with Ottawa officials to demand action to stop the genocide in Gaza. We cannot sit on the sidelines. When human lives hang in the balance, moral leadership must match political will.

Read the piece by Lauren Ravon & Bushra Khalidi: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, did you get our 30,000 emails?

More than 33,500 Canadians have spoken: Not in my name. We demand Canada uphold international law and call for a permanent ceasefire NOW.

You can still make your voice heard. Send a letter to PM Carney today 👉 notinmyname.oxfam.ca
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Budget 2025 is a chance to make bold, people centred choices. At the time of rising inequality, global conflict, and threats to human rights, Canada must choose fairness, dignity, and security for all."

Read our recommendations for the upcoming federal budget here 👉 www.oxfam.ca/story/buildi...
Building a Canada that Works for Everyone: Oxfam Canada’s Recommendations for the Upcoming Federal Budget
As the federal government readies to table its next budget the stakes could not be higher. We are living through a time of profound uncertainly. Around the world, armed conflicts, climate disasters an...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Nope, we're not over last weekend's Let's Talk About Palestine event! WATCH as our community filled the room with art, dialogue, and music. 💚🍉

Watch the recap 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikXy...

Send a letter to PM Carney and tell him to stop arming Israel NOW! 👉 notinmyname.oxfam.ca
Lets Talk About Palestine: A Night of Solidarity
YouTube video by Oxfam Canada
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October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Last weekend, our community gathered for Let’s Talk About Palestine: a night of solidarity, music, and dialogue with George Stroumboulopoulos, Bushra Khalidi, Jenn Grant, local artists, and readers.

Thank you to the artists, vendors, speakers, and everyone who showed up to stand with Palestine.
October 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🔴PRESS RELEASE: #Palestine recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency.

Full statement 👉🏾 www.oxfam.ca/news/palesti...
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Oxfam Canada
Humanitarian workers are under increasing threat. Earlier this week, I co-hosted an event with @redcrosscanada.bsky.social & @oxfamcanada.bsky.social to highlight the urgent need for parliamentarians to understand and uphold international humanitarian law. #IHL #cdnpoli
September 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Oxfam mourns our partner colleague Tasneem (27), killed with her 2 young children in an Israeli airstrike in #Gaza. Partner clinics providing life-saving care have also been destroyed. Aid workers must never be targets.

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September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM