Oxfam - Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice | Oxfam
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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.
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.
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 …
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 ...
What is famine? Causes and effects and how to stop it | Oxfam
WEBJul 2, 2024 — What does famine mean? According to researchers Dan Maxwell and Nisar Majid, famine is “an extreme crisis of access to adequate food.”. Visible in “widespread malnutrition” and “loss of life due to starvation and infectious disease,” famine robs people of their dignity, equality, and for some—their lives.
Do the rich pay their fair share? - Oxfam
WEBJan 14, 2024 — For 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.
Careers | Oxfam
WEBHighly Competitive Benefits. Oxfam’s commitment to excellence and a focus on quality of life are echoed in the comprehensive benefits we offer our employees. Our comprehensive benefits package includes: health, dental, vision, and life insurance; disability coverage; a retirement plan; and much more. All full-time employees and part-time ...
Inequality Kills - Oxfam
WEBJan 17, 2022 — Ahead of the Davos Agenda—the World Economic Forum’s virtual State of the World sessions—Oxfam released our annual inequality report, Inequality Kills, which found that inequality is contributing to the death of at least 21,000 people each day, or one person every four seconds.Meanwhile, a new billionaire is created every 26 hours.
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.