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Cesario da Silva, Director of Assosiasaun Defisiensia Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Timor-Leste Passes Historically Unprecedented Resolution to Promote and Protect Rights of People with Disabilities

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste has taken unprecedented steps towards building a more equal society by unanimously passing the ‘Resolution to Promote and Protect Rights of People with Disabilities’ on 1 October 2019.

The Launch of Oxfam in Timor-Leste's program, 'Strengthening Voices for Pathways in Good Governance' in Dili, Timor-Leste on 26 September 2019.

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Inclusive Voices for Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste

In September 2019, Oxfam in Timor-Leste launched a new program called ‘Strengthening Voices for Pathways in Good Governance’ (Hadalan Lian Ba Governasaun Diak in the national language, Tetun).

Oxfam - Cox's Bazar - Rohingya refugees: Working for Peace, Longing for Home

Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees: Working for Peace, Longing for Home

Two years is a long time for lives to be left on hold, and for many Rohingya, this has been the case for even longer.

Myanmar

Honor and appreciation for Humanitarians in Myanmar

Oxfam, together with women humanitarian leaders, deliver much-needed aid assistance in camps a few kilometers outside the town of Sittwe in Rakhine State.

Oxfam in Timor-Leste hosted a joint-press conference with Timor-Leste's civil society land network, Rede Ba Rai, to call for a transparent land registration process.

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Timor-Leste: Fighting for a fair land registration process for all

In Timor-Leste, land has strong links to community unity and identity. For all, land is linked to their future. Oxfam in Timor-Leste convened a press conference with Timor-Leste’s civil society land rights network, Rede Ba Rai on 10 July 2019. This press conference called for the Timorese land...

Cambodia

Chickens and Smart Farming Bring More Money to Family in Cambodia

An integrated approach to a family farm increases income and turns a shy farmer into a teacher for the community

By Chris Hufstader | June 2019

In the dry winter months in Pursat province, the rice fields lie flat,...

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Timor-Leste’s Food Revolution: From Remote Oecusse to Capital Dili

Through the IMPACT ( Improving Marketing and Production through Agricultural Cooperatives in Timor-Leste) Program, Oxfam in Timor-Leste and Agora Food Studio are fostering innovation with local food producers to reclaim Timor-Leste's rich culinary history, create market linkages and increase food...

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...