Blogs

Rice Farmers Serving Happiness to Every Table Except Theirs

90 percent of the world’s rice is grown in Asia, but things are getting worse for the 400 million rice farmers in the region.

A Memory of Water Scarcity, From River in Tibetan Plateau to the Pink River

WBAB, with support from Oxfam, is working to address water governance issues, participating in capacity building training and learning exchanges in Asia.

WOMEN AND RIVERS-CLIMBING MOUNTAINS?

I am sitting in the Secretariat room of the Women and Rivers Congress here in Nagarkot, Nepal and I have snatched 5 minutes to reflect on why I am here and what is about to happen. It’s the last few hours before the Congress officially starts and over 95 women participants (with a few male...

Oxfam - Forum theatre, community street performance, youth empowerment, water governance

Cambodia

Forum Theater: Learning Through Participation and Entertainment

Oxfam supports and trains nine 'Jokers' in the Mekong region since 2015 as part of its Forum Theatre program.

Oxfam - The World Bank meets in Indonesia, days after the ominous wake-up call of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 degrees report. From prolonged droughts in Afghanistan to floods across the entirety of South Asia and mega typhoons in the Philippines, Asia has felt the brunt of climate change firsthand. The number of disasters in the region continues to increase both in quantity and devastation, leaving millions of women, men, and children without food and water and displaced from t

To empower Asian clean energy ambitions, the development banks must act now!

The number of disasters in Asia continues to increase both in quantity and devastation, leaving millions without food and water and displaced from their homes. We’re less than a half a degree away from a catastrophe of unimaginable scale.

Oxfam’s regional partners present Disability Inclusion(DI) action plan and checklist in Chiang Mai: Photo: Saneth Meas/Oxfam

Cambodia

Real World Examples to Change People’s Perception on Disability

Learning from the Disability Inclusion into Water Governance training organised by Oxfam Mekong Regional Water Governance Program (MRWGP) and EarthRights International (ERI) last 27th-28th August 2018.

Inclusive business, the future of ASEAN

ASEAN leaders and business leaders gather in Hanoi to talk about inclusive growth for Asia. Oxfam advocates for a future where businesses go beyond just profit maximization, rather, pursue both financial sustainability and social wellbeing.

Bangladesh

Five things I’ve learned being a humanitarian aid worker

Oxfam Humanitarian Worker, Iffat, shares the things she's learning the most as she provides support to thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.