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Oxfam closes 5 year project aimed at strengthening local and national humanitarian response

Oxfam in Uganda has today closed its Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors (ELNHA) project. The five year project focused on strengthening and equipping the capacity of local actors to…

Women leaders ask the government to reignite its commitment towards the promotion of women’s rights

Oxfam in Uganda and the Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) have today hosted the Women Leaders’ Colloquium.The meeting has brought together female government technocrats, elected leaders, Women’s Rights…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

Companies must take action to respect the rights of communities at risk in East Africa’s oil frontier

In research released today alongside FIDH and partner organizations, Oxfam highlighted the major risks of oil projects led by French energy giant Total in Uganda and Tanzania, which would require…

Hunger linked to COVID-19 could kill more people than the virus itself: Oxfam

Horn, East and Central Africa’s debt payments compound the hunger crisis for millionsIn a new briefing published today, Oxfam warns that hunger linked to COVID-19 could kill as many as 12,000 people…

Thirty-nine organisations call on governments to ensure access to asylum seekers during COVID-19 pandemic

People seeking safety are trapped at borders across Eastern Africa due to COVID-19 measuresA coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central Africa (…