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The future is equal Blogs Press releases Research icon-search Submit search Language English Français Español What we do Ending poverty Water and sanitation Food, climate and natural resources Conflicts and disasters Extreme inequality and essential services Gender justice and women’s rights Inequality Inc Responding to emergencies GAZA CRISIS APPEAL Bangladesh Rohingya refugee crisis Climate and food crisis in East Africa Crisis in Syria Crisis in Yemen Hunger crisis in South Sudan Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel Working worldwideTake action Campaign with us Covid-19 vaccine: demand protection for everyone Towards COP 27 Climate Justice End the suffering behind your food Survival Of The Richest: How Billionaires Are Amassing Eye-watering Wealth Amid Crisis Join the community of #ClimateChangers Say ’Enough’ to violence against women and girls Join the global movement for change Work with us Volunteer with us Donate Donate icon-search Submit search Blogs Press releases Research Gaza Crisis 6 months of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza Oxfam is calling for a permanent ceasefire, the return of all hostages and the release of unlawfully detained Palestinian prisoners and unfettered humanitarian aid access. Countries must immediately stop supplying arms to Israel and Palestinian Armed groups. Gaza Appeal Looking for your nearest Oxfam Oxfam is a global organization with affiliates in 20 countries. To see the information that is most relevant for you, visit your local Oxfam. Default link Our work Six Months of Violence and Siege for 2.3 Million Palestinians in Gaza After the atrocities committed on October 7, 2023, Israel’s escalation in Gaza is the most brutal onslaught of violence carried out against Palestinians during the 57-year-long Israeli occupation. Before the latest escalation of violence, over 80% of the population in Gaza relied on some form of humanitarian aid for survival, and life in the Gaza Strip was characterised by the almost total restriction on travel and trade, and the absence of social safety nets and livelihood opportunities. However, life for the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped inside Gaza has turned into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire #CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives. We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including children and elderly. Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in "decade of division," says Oxfam The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 —at a rate of $14 million per hour— while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power. If current trends continue, the world will have its first trillionaire within a decade but poverty won’t be eradicated for another 229 years. Epidemic risk rising as Rafah invasion compounds lethal cocktail of over-crowding, sewage and hunger The destruction of critical water and sanitation infrastructure by the Israeli forces along with severe over-crowding, malnutrition and heat is pushing Gaza to the brink of a deadly epidemic outbreak, Oxfam warned today. Oxfam reaction to attack on community center operated by Oxfam’s partner in Kharkiv In reaction to Russia’s attack on Kharkiv today which severely damaged a community centre operated by Oxfam’s partner Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv”, Nicola Bay, Oxfam’s Organisational Lead for Ukraine, said: Global dividend payouts to shareholders rise 14 times faster than worker pay since 2020 Global dividend payments to shareholders grew on average 14 times faster than worker pay in 31 countries, which together account for 81 percent of global GDP, between 2020 and 2023, reveals Oxfam’s new analysis ahead of International Workers’ Day (May 1). 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