World leaders must hit Arms Trade Treaty targets in order to save lives.
A failure to deliver a comprehensive ATT will result in many more millions of civilians being killed, injured, raped and forced to flee their homes. This trade in death must be regulated.
View ArticleLand campaigning building to a BOOM
It's been a fantastic first week of land campaigning with stunts, action and a social sonic boom.
View ArticleAre women from Mars?
Our Behind The Brands campaign launch kicked off with a call for Mars, Mondelez International and Nestlé to stop ignoring the women who are working in their cocoa supply chains. Between them, these...
View ArticleGetting it right: the final push to negotiate a strong Arms Trade Treaty
Advocacy officer Helena Whall on the forthcoming historic opportunity to create a binding robust treaty that will regulate the international trade in arms.
View ArticleYou spoke and companies listened
Less than two months ago, Oxfam called on the three largest chocolate companies to do more for the women who grow the cocoa used in Oreos, M&Ms and Crunch bars, to name just a few. But what...
View ArticleA Shock For Sheffield Shoppers
Residents of Sheffield got a shock on Saturday to find that parts of their city were being sold off. A Grab, Grab and Profit auction was in progress in the city centre, with iconic landmarks like the...
View ArticleLooking for Campaigners
Oxfam in the North of England is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join their Constituency Campaigner Programme
View ArticleShow your Love for Syria at Ramsbottom Festival
The festival season is winding down- but Ramsbottom Festival is fast approaching and we need your help to make it extra special for Syria: find out here from our Kristie Thacker how.
View ArticleIs it about time we stopped attacking the welfare state?
Even though a recent survey has shown that attitudes towards people on benefits might be softening, the stigma of living in poverty is very much alive. Just last week, at the Liberal Democrats...
View ArticleSomali campaigners call for Barclays back-pedal
I was on my bike very early this morning to join a group of Somali campaigners who are calling on Barclays to keep open the cash lifeline to Somalia.
View ArticleWorld’s biggest sugar buyer, Coca-Cola, agrees zero tolerance to land grabs
In a landmark agreement, today Coca-Cola announced that they'd listened to the 225,000 people who asked them to make sure the sugar they buy isn't produced on land grabbed from some of the world's...
View ArticleSyrian peace talks: a time for hope?
Things are hotting up in Montreux, on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where Oxfam campaigners are among the hundreds of diplomats, journalists, civil society and solidarity groups gathering for the...
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