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Cesario da Silva, Director of Assosiasaun Defisiensia Timor-Leste

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…

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

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 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: 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…

Oxfam in Cambodia - Chhin Saren

Chickens and Smart Farming Bring More Money to Family in Cambodia

Oxfam in Cambodia

An integrated approach to a family farm increases income and turns a shy farmer into a teacher for the communityBy Chris Hufstader June 2019In the dry winter months in Pursat province, the rice…

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…

Oxfam in Asia - Rice Report Blog 2019

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.

Women and River Congress

WOMEN AND RIVERS-CLIMBING MOUNTAINS?

Pauline Taylor Mckeown

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…

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

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…

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

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…