What is food security? Food security is about ensuring no one goes hungry. It exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy lifestyle.

Nov 15, 2024 · Annual Report 2024. With the support of our Oxfam community, Oxfam delivered lifesaving aid for people facing crisis and worked toward long-term, sustainable solutions to end poverty and injustice.

How does poverty differ from economic inequality? Poverty is usually defined as not having the means to support basic nutrition, access to safe drinking water, shelter, education, and other needs. Around nine percent of the world’s population (about 720 million people) currently live in poverty, according to the World Bank.Inequality, on the …

Oxfam 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 …

Jul 9, 2024 · The Crisis of Low Wages: Who earns less than $17 an hour in the U.S. in 2024? According to new data from Oxfam, there are more than 39 million low wage workers in the United States, defined here as any worker earning less than $17 an hour.

Mar 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 …

Nov 23, 2022 · Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from Peru.

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. For far too long, we’ve let a privileged few determine how the rest of us live. Poverty and injustice are the consequences, the ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Oxfam is a global movement of people fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. Together we offer lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action.

Nov 21, 2024 · After H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow the Treasury Secretary to effectively shut down any non-profit organization, including news outlets, religious institutions, and universities, passed the House of Representatives today, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman released the following statement: