Press release

Certificates of Customary Ownership yet to guarantee women’s land security

24.03.2020, Kampala . In research released today, Oxfam highlighted that the numerous challenges in acquiring a Certificate of Customary Ownership limit women's ability to successfully defend their interests in land hence driving inequality. Carried out in Kasese, Soroti, Butaleja and Pader...

A woman constructing an energy saving stove

€2.9 Million (over 12.5Bn Ugx) in EU Support for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Western Uganda

Thursday, March 11, 2021 Kampala Uganda. Oxfam in Uganda and Care International Uganda have today launched two Disaster Risk Management Projects, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). Over 839,750 people will be benefitting from these projects that will be implemented...

Mega-rich recoup COVID-losses in record-time yet billions will live in poverty for at least a decade

The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals a new Oxfam report today. ‘The Inequality Virus’ is being published on the...

Oxfam calls for wealthy countries to step up climate adaptation finance commitments at virtual meeting ahead of January’s Climate Adaptation Summit

Leaking money: the tax agreement between Uganda and the Netherlands

Ahead of the next meeting of European Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) on the 6th of October, Oxfam is publishing a report which reveals how the Double Tax Agreement between Uganda and the Netherland is denying Uganda a fair share of future oil revenues to the benefit of French oil major TOTAL and China...