Press Releases

International Women's Day Poster

Press Release on Commission on the Status of Women & International Women’s Day.

Oxfam celebrates with all women and girls in Nigeria as we mark the 67th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the 2023 International Women’s Day. While the focus on gender equality is…

Oxfam's Hunger Statistics for Africa

Over 20 million more people hungry in Africa’s “year of nutrition”

Despite promises, nearly three-quarters of African governments reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms. In the 12 months that African leaders vowed to improve…

FAIR4ALL Abuja Inequality rally photo

The Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years

This report by Oxfam highlights the growing wealth inequality around the world. According to the report, the top 1 percent of the world's population captured nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in…

Woman walking through a flooded street

Women and girls “expendable” in misguided slash-and-burn policies of economic recovery

Oxfam: Austerity measures and their gendered harms are a form of gender-based violenceGovernments around the world are putting women and girls in danger of unprecedented new levels of poverty, peril…

Rich countries' aid to West Africa to cope with climate change is insufficient and dangerously worsening debt levels

Rich countries and multilateral donors have so far mobilized only 7% of the estimated $198.88 billion that West African countries need by 2030 to cope with the climate crisis and pursue their own…

The race to achieve a minimum of 10% annual national budget allocation for Agriculture

The World Food Programme (WFP) acknowledges that "As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night; the number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared - from 135 million to 345…

Oxfam Condemns the Dehumanization & Brutalization of Mrs. Amarachi Okechi and Demands Justice

Oxfam condemns the dehumanization and brutalization of a widow identified as Mrs. Amarachi Okechi of Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community, in Nkpa Bende Local Government Area of Abia State,…

FAO SOFI REPORT MEDIA REACTION –A BROKEN FOOD SYSTEM PERPETUATING HUNGER

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nation’s just launched “State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World 2022” report, stating that as many as 828 million people were hungry in…

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours — now a million people could fall into extreme poverty at same rate in 2022

As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion dollars every two days.For every new…

Nigeria, Debt Burden, & Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index

Nigeria’s debt servicing is sucking away precious revenues from low levels of public spending – this means the fiscal system is working even less hard to fight inequality. Over the past five years,…