Oxfam International respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Notice explains when and how we collect your personal data when you use our website and the rights you have over your own information.

This Notice applies to the website of Stichting Oxfam International, however, when you use this site you may be directed to the website of other members of the Oxfam confederation or links to third-party websites or applications. These websites will have their own Privacy Notices, which you should also look at.

If you have any questions in relation to this Notice or would like to exercise your rights under it, please contact:

ois-privacy@oxfam.org

Stichting Oxfam International is a Dutch Foundation (registration no. 41159611) with a registered Office at PO Box 30919, 2500 GX The Hague, The Netherlands. Further information and details of our registration with data protection supervisory authorities are detailed below.

When you visit our website, we collect data on your location. This allows us to direct you to the website of the Oxfam Affiliate in your geographic region if this is necessary to perform any of your requested actions.

We also use cookies on our website to collect standard internet log-on information and details of visitor behavior patterns (e.g. to find out the number of visitors to different parts of the site). This enables us to analyze and improve the content of our site and the navigation experience of users. We do not use this information to attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. Some cookies on our site also permit third parties to analyse visitor behavior to display advertising. These parties also do not use this information to attempt to find out the identities of individuals. For full details of the cookies used on our website, see our Cookies Notice. You can disable or delete some or all cookies in your browser setting, although this may affect some parts of the site’s functionality.

There are a number of areas on our website where you may provide personal data to Oxfam International, including when you:

• register for Oxfam email updates
• sign an Oxfam petition
• make a donation to Oxfam
• register to be involved in our campaigns

The information we collect will depend on the nature of your action but may include name, email address, telephone number, country and language preference. Where you make a donation through our website, we do not collect your financial information but direct you to a payment provider to process your donation and forward it on to Oxfam’s global fund. Our payment provider is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

When you provide your information to us, we will only use the information for the purposes for which it is provided, for any compatible purposes and to fulfil our legal or regulatory obligations unless you have agreed for your data to be used for other purposes.

We will only contact you for marketing purposes (for example keep you up to date on our work based on your previous responses to our campaigns, or let you know of ways in which you can support that work) where we have your consent.

At each place that you provide your personal data on our website, there is an opportunity for you to express your preferences in relation to marketing communications from us. Where you provide your consent to such communications, you can withdraw consent or change your preferences at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button on any marketing communication or by sending an email to info@oxfam.org expressing your preferences.

We will generally treat any marketing consent you give us as lasting for 5 years, as we have found our supporters may get involved with different campaigns at different points over this period of time. We never sell or share your information with entities outside Oxfam for their marketing purposes.

For some actions that you may like to take when visiting our website, you will be redirected to the website of an Oxfam affiliate in your geographic region. In these cases, that entity will collect your data rather than Oxfam International, and you should look at their Privacy Notice to understand how they will use your data, and your rights. This includes where:

• you make a donation in a region where there is an Oxfam affiliate;
• register to participate in Trailwalker;
• apply for employment or to be a shop or festival volunteer; or
• register to participate in a local campaign.

We may share your information with other members of the Oxfam confederation. We may also share your information with third parties who process data on our behalf, but only where we place obligations on them in relation to the security of the data and require them to use the data only as we instruct.

In some cases, we may transfer your personal data to members of the Oxfam confederation and third-party service providers who are located outside your jurisdiction.

If you are in the European Union, and your personal data is transferred to an Oxfam Affiliate or third-party service provider outside the European Economic Area (EEA), this will occur under a safeguard mechanism recognized by the European Commission as providing adequate protection for your personal data. Transfers to Oxfam Affiliates will occur under the EC’s model data protection clauses. You may ask to see a copy of these clauses.

Transfers of your data to other third parties outside the EEA, or to third parties outside any other jurisdiction in which you are located, will occur in accordance with local data protection laws.

This section refers to the ability for you to like, re-tweet, share, etc. Oxfam International content on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Additionally, when using our website, you can link through to such social media sites. When you do this, depending on your privacy settings, these networks will adjust their marketing to show you more Oxfam and/or Oxfam-type content. To change your settings on these services, please refer to their privacy notices, which will tell you how to do this.

Our website is not intended for use by children and we do not knowingly collect data on children.

Many social media sites provide, or permit, tools that aggregate and highlight content that appears on their site. Oxfam International uses such tools to analyze and assess the success of Oxfam campaigns and communications, the level of interest in issues Oxfam cares about, and the level of social media activity resulting from media stories about Oxfam or Oxfam/NGO activities. We use the native reporting tools of the social media networks, but may also use third-party tools. Oxfam uses such tools to respond directly to other users’ queries and comments related to Oxfam.

We ensure that there are appropriate technical controls in place to protect your personal details. For example, our online forms are always encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored.

We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff, volunteers and contractors.

Where we use external companies to collect or process personal data on our behalf, we put a contract in place that sets out our expectations and requirements in relation to security of the data they access or process. These organizations - referred to as 'Data Processors' also have legal liability for the way in which your data is used, providing you with additional protection.

We will only retain the data you provide to us through our website for as long as required by applicable laws or as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with any consents provided. We will delete personal data at the end of this period unless we wish to use it for statistical purposes, in which case we will anonymize it, such that you could never be re-identified with it.

You have the right to request details of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please make a request to our Data Protection Officer at the details provided below. We will provide this information to you without charge, unless requests are manifestly unfounded, repetitive or excessive, in which case we are entitled to charge an administration fee.

You also have a right to have inaccurate information we hold about you rectified or removed and a right, in some circumstances, to restrict or object to us processing your information, or to seek erasure of your data. If you believe we are not respecting your rights, you are entitled to make a complaint to a relevant supervisory authority.

The legal basis on which we hold and use your data will vary depending on the activity involved. In some cases, we might hold the data because it is needed to fulfill a contract or meet our legal obligations (i.e. a donation), in others because it is in Oxfam’s legitimate interest to do so, and in others, because you have consented to this use. We note that the legal basis on which we process your data will influence your specific rights.

We may make changes to this notice from time to time. We will always detail, at the end of this notice, the date it was last updated and you should check back from time to time.

Oxfam International postal address and regulator registration details:

Oxfam International
Secretariat
Oxfam House
John Smith Drive
Oxford OX4 2JY
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 339 100
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 330 101

Email: ois-privacy@oxfam.org

ICO Registration Number (UK): Z8133290

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 8th June 2021.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work better, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. A cookie often contain a unique number, which can be used to recognise your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that it visited previously.

You can read our privacy policy for more information about how we process personal data.

The cookies we use can be grouped into the following two categories: Essential cookies and Non-Essential Cookies. Essential cookies are the strictly necessary cookies that are essential for our website to function correctly, and you cannot opt out of these. However, you can choose to opt-out of non-essential cookies.

When you first visit our website, a message will appear giving you the opportunity to accept all cookies or decline the use of cookies as you use the website. The cookies we use within each category are listed below.

Essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like:

• anonymised basic analytics for e.g google analytics
• Your choice whether you consented to save non-essential cookies or not
• Bot detection (eg. captchas, commerce)

Non-essential cookies are those which add features to the site, but aren't considered necessary for the site to work, such as for complex tracking.

Financial institutions have had and will continue to have significant leverage in building the economy, primarily through its influence on the private sector due to corporate lending and project finance. The private sector can be an important driver of a region’s socio-economic development, provided appropriate regulations and controls are in place. Such regulation helps protect both the natural environment and the livelihoods and human rights of men, women and children. It is particularly important when investing in companies and/or corporate projects in Asia, as it is home to nearly 60% of the world’s population, one of the biggest drivers of global economic growth and where risks of conflict are high due to flexible requirements on environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact assessments. Financial institutions — involved in the provision and management of investment banking, project finance, issuances, asset management, and other forms of financial services — are in a strong position to influence the impact of large-scale projects through the provision of capital and financial services. This is particularly important in the high-risk sectors of Asia such as mining, energy, agribusiness, and infrastructure, where peoples’ rights to water and land, and the rights of vulnerable communities and women in particular can be violated.

The Key Goals of Fair Finance Asia:

• Transformed policies and practices by financial institutions operating in Asia: Evidenced by tangible commitments and action plans leading to strengthened due diligence, reorientation  of  financial  flows  towards  investments  supportive  of  ESG  initiatives,  and divestment from sectors and businesses that negatively impact the environment and the social well-being of communities
• Smart sustainable finance regulation and legislation developed and implemented: With  Asian  financial  sector  actors  and  practice  leaders  at  the  forefront determining  roadmaps  to  change  based  on  their  unique  country  contexts;  drawing lessons  from  their  peers  and  neighbors’  experiences;  and  strengthening  cross-border coordination and implementation to mitigate cross-border risks and impacts
• Building strong and wider alliances: Recognizing that all stakeholder voices matter and that each one has a critical role to play to achieve collective success; underscoring the value of a multi-stakeholder dialogue and initiative with the civil society as one of the cornerstones towards accelerating action on ESG transparency and accountability in Asia
• Strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations: Empowering civil society organizations  in  Asia  to  build  a  solid  repository  of  knowledge  and  present  evidence-based policy recommendations to support financial sector actors and regionally-operating financial institutions to transform their sustainable finance commitments to urgent action
• Elevate voices from the ground and increase awareness on key issues: By linking sustainable finance  issues to  topics that  are  close to  citizens’  hearts; engaging  broader audiences  by  opening  the  dialogue  on  highly  relevant  issues  such  as  financial  literacy, environmental  sustainability,  as  well  as  links  to  critical  governance  issues  at  the  national, regional, and global levels

Fair Finance Indonesia draws attention to the devastating impact of a coal-fired power plant on local communities.

This is the press room for the click-n-go website.

The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river system is the lifeline of South Asia, sustaining the livelihoods of over 800 million people across Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Bangladesh. These rivers are not just sources of water—they shape cultures, support economies, and define the identities of communities living along their banks. For centuries, riverine communities have relied on these waters for agriculture, fisheries, trade, and transport, weaving their traditions and spiritual beliefs into the natural rhythm of the rivers.

However, these lifelines are under severe threat. Climate change, unsustainable development, and weak governance have disrupted the delicate balance between people and rivers. Erratic monsoon patterns, prolonged droughts, and intensified floods have made water access unpredictable, while unchecked riverbank erosion displaces thousands of families every year. Women, Indigenous Peoples, and small-scale fishers—who have historically played key roles in managing and protecting these water systems—are often the most vulnerable, yet their voices are seldom included in decision-making.

As the impacts of climate change intensify, protecting these rivers requires regional cooperation, inclusive governance, and the leadership of local communities. By strengthening collective action and knowledge-sharing, we can ensure that the GBM rivers continue to support life for generations to come.

The Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) program, launched in 2017, has focused on transforming water governance across the GBM basin. Over five years, it facilitated cross-border dialogues, strengthened community leadership, and promoted sustainable water management at multiple levels across Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. In it's second phase TROSA focuses its activities in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

In Phase I, TROSA helped communities secure fairer access to water resources by organizing local river dialogues (nadi baithaks/nodi boithoks), where fishers, farmers, and women’s groups could meaningfully engage with decision-makers. It also played a critical role in establishing early warning systems, reducing the loss of life and property during seasonal floods. In Bangladesh and India, TROSA supported the adoption of nature-based solutions (NbS) such as bandalling, a traditional bamboo structure that reduces erosion and improves fish breeding. In Nepal TROSA secured a joint commitment called The Dhangadi Declaration- an instrumental six point commitment among the local government, CSOs, private sector and riverine communities to collaboratively address the issues facing the Mahakali river. The establishment of Women Empowerment Centers (WECs) has encapcitated and empowered local community women to take leadership roles and contribute meaningfully in policy making processes.

Building on these successes, the second phase of TROSA, also called T2:3R, Rivers, Rights, and Resilience (2023-2027) deepens its commitment to strengthening climate resilience and ensuring inclusive governance. This new phase of activities will scale up previous initiatives while addressing emerging challenges such as climate-driven displacement, transboundary cooperation, and access to climate finance for vulnerable communities. By expanding partnerships and amplifying local voices, TROSA T2:3R aims to create lasting, systemic change in river governance across South Asia.

TROSA T2:3R focuses on four key areas: climate-resilient livelihoods, ecosystem protection, community empowerment, and regional cooperation.

To strengthen climate resilience, the program supports sustainable aquaculture, alternative livelihoods, and climate-smart agriculture. In Nepal’s Mahakali basin, small-scale farmers will adopt drought-resistant crops and water-efficient irrigation to safeguard food security.

For ecosystem protection, it promotes community-led conservation and river health monitoring. In Bangladesh’s Kurigram district, fishers will track species migration and collaborate with policymakers on sustainable fishing policies.

Community leadership is central, with women, Indigenous groups, and youth trained in water governance and advocacy. In Assam, women’s networks have already secured government funding for flood protection projects and will continue lobbying for improved water access.

To enhance regional cooperation, the program facilitates cross-border agreements on water-sharing and flood management, particularly between India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Partnering with research institutions and civil society, it will establish real-time water data sharing to improve disaster preparedness and reduce conflicts.

TROSA 2 is built on a strong network of regional and national partners, bringing together organizations with expertise in research, policy advocacy, and community engagement. These partnerships ensure that TROSA’s work is informed by scientific research, traditional knowledge, and local realities.

At the regional level, TROSA collaborates with leading international institutions such as IUCN, ADPC, CUTS, ICIMOD, IWMI, and SEI which provide technical expertise on climate adaptation and transboundary water management. These organizations play a key role in developing policy recommendations and research-driven solutions that influence national and regional water governance frameworks.

At the national level, TROSA partners with leading organizations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal that work directly with riverine communities. In Bangladesh, RDRS Bangladesh and CNRS focus on flood resilience and climate adaptation. In India CUTS, and Grameen Development Services work on advocacy and capacity building for marginalized communities. In Nepal, NEEDS Nepal, CRDS, and RUWDUC empower local communities in river governance and sustainable resource management.

These partnerships create a powerful network for collective action, ensuring that TROSA 2’s impact is long-term and sustainable.

Young people and women play a crucial role in shaping the future of water governance in South Asia. TROSA places a strong emphasis on empowering youth and women as leaders in transboundary cooperation and climate action.

One of its flagship initiatives is the Youth Basin Ambassadors (YBA) program, which trains young leaders from Nepal, India, and Bangladesh in water governance, climate resilience, and advocacy skills. These youth ambassadors will work within their communities to promote sustainable water practices, organize awareness campaigns, and facilitate dialogues between stakeholders. In Assam, for example, youth-led initiatives have already helped introduce climate-smart farming techniques to local farmers, improving crop yields while conserving water.

Women’s leadership is equally central to TROSA 2’s approach. Women’s networks established during the first phase will be further strengthened, allowing more women to engage in decision-making spaces, advocate for their water rights, and influence local policies. In Nepal’s western river basins, women’s cooperatives are being trained to monitor groundwater levels and negotiate with local authorities for fairer water allocation.

By fostering collaboration across generations and sectors, TROSA is working to ensure that water governance is not only inclusive but also resilient, adaptable, and deeply rooted in local realities.

TROSA T2:3R believes in partnership and collective action. We value your interest and welcome your support to foster stronger partnerships for a just world without poverty.

Please get in touch with our Program Management Unit (PMU) hosted at Oxfam in Cambodia, Phnom Penh to learn more about our work.

Email: Info.Trosa@oxfam.org

Follow us on social media at X @RiversTROSA and LinkedIn at Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) - Oxfam

Safeguarding Policies and Procedures at Oxfam

At Oxfam, we are committed to zero tolerance of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in our organization. This means that we will do everything in our power to prevent these from happening, and rigorously address it each and every time it happens.

To access our  Code of Conduct, safeguarding policies and procedures, and confidential whistleblowing lines visit Oxfam's International website

Read about our 10-Point Action Plan to strengthen Oxfam’s safeguarding policies and practices and to transform our organizational culture

Every day, everywhere, all over the world, women and girls face violence.

This ranges from emotional and psychological to physical and sexual. It is rooted in the gender inequality and discrimination they face all their lives. It can start from being denied a basic education and can lead to being killed to preserve the ‘honour of the community’.

Women and girls face violence at home, in the street, at work, at play, at rest. At least one in three women will experience some form of violence during their lifetime—that’s more than one billion women worldwide.

We know this. We see this. So why don’t we act against it?

Some believe that violence within a household is not their business and they cannot interfere. Some believe that violence toward women and girls is justifiable and in many instances, even normal or acceptable. Many know that it isn’t but they don’t speak out because they don’t want to lose their status, whether at work, in the local community, or even in the family.

This has to change.

Oxfam's Campaign on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

ENOUGH is a worldwide campaign that has sparked a movement against violence towards women and girls, to address negative social norms in their specific contexts.

The campaign brings people of all genders, ages, and backgrounds together; to transform the normal. It works to challenge and make us reflect on our own behaviour, supports ordinary people to speak out against violence and present alternatives to harmful norms.

Social media campaigns, art, music, workshops and positive aspirational messages encourage people to think and talk about harmful social norms and the potential damage they can do.

Through ENOUGH, we talk to everyone around us, neighbours, friends, colleagues, about the power men have over women and how they use it. We call on our governments, law-makers and institutions to ensure their policies and practice work towards resetting this imbalance of power.

And we believe this will challenge the status quo.

Stand up with us and say ENOUGH!

Together we can replace harmful beliefs with new ones that promote a gender-equal world, where everyone’s rights are respected and upheld. Stand up and change the social norms that allow violence against women and girls. Stand up and say ENOUGH.

Visit www.sayenoughtoviolence.org where you can read and share stories of how women and men across the world are standing up and saying ‘Enough’. 

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get up-to-date information about our latest campaign calls.

People who grow our food are the very same ones who go to bed hungry. We need to address the broken food system here in Asia.

Climate change has worsened the livelihoods of many small-scale farmers and fisherfolks in Asia. Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions are leaving them with lesser and lesser harvests, and without enough food on their own tables. 

The Asia GROW Campaign amplifies the voices of the people who grow our food. We advocate for policies and practices that would ensure that people living in poverty, especially women, claim power in the way their countries manage land, water and climate change, so that they can grow and buy enough food to eat – now and in the future.

Empowering Asian Women Farmers

We empower vulnerable farmers, fisher folks, rural women and indigenous peoples to exercise their rights, and jointly voice their concerns about the impacts of current policies and practices on their food and livelihood security.

Regional Stakeholders Engagement

We push for better policies on agriculture, the environment, and bring back control over food production, from the big agri-businesses to the hands of smallholder farmers, fisher folks, rural women, and indigenous peoples.

Fight for Land Rights

We support communities and people affected by land grabbing, especially those who are pushed off by giant corporations. We call on government and companies to put a stop to land grabbing. We push for regulations that ensure that investments also benefit, and do not harm communities.

Fight for Climate Adaptation in Asia

We push for global climate deal that demand huge emission cuts from developed countries, and for developed countries to also provide necessary technology and finance, to support adaptation projects of communities that are most affected by climate change.

Advocating for sustainable agriculture

Together with local farming communities, we call on Asian governments to invest in sustainable production in agriculture.

Join us in standing with the people #BehindThePrice

Human suffering should never be an ingredient in the food we eat. 

In Asia and around the world, millions of farmers and workers who produce our food are forced to work long hours in inhumane conditions. The burden of this injustice falls more heavily on women, who are discriminated against, paid less than men, and denied the same basic human and legal rights.

This has to stop. Pledge to stand with the people #BehindThePrice and to call for:

• An end to inhumane and dangerous working conditions
• Fair pay
• Safe and decent work for women

Together, we can end the human suffering behind the food we all eat. 

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get up-to-date information about our latest campaign calls.

Stand with the people who grow and produce the food on our tables. Join us in campaigning for policies to end human suffering behind the food we eat at www.behindtheprice.org

We also work hard to encourage world leaders and policymakers to bring about the kind of change needed to improve the lives of those affected by disasters, conflict, and emergencies.

Oxfam’s humanitarian principles are based on upholding human rights. We follow international guidelines; we are impartial. Oxfam in Asia and across the world provides humanitarian aid based on need, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, disability or age. We are independent of governments and political organizations. Increasingly, we are supporting local humanitarian actors to take the lead in responding to emergencies in their own countries.

Learn more about Oxfam's Response to the Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Oxfam Asia Response Team (ART)

The Asian region has the highest number of disasters and disaster-affected people in the world. To meet the humanitarian needs in the region, Oxfam needs a strong humanitarian preparedness plan that would ensure the delivery of fast, effective and contextually appropriate responses to disaster-affected communities. This includes the ability to quickly increase the availability of Oxfam responders in the event of a disaster.

Through Oxfam's Asia Humanitarian Surge Mechanism, we ensure quick and effective mobilization of the appropriate human resources for humanitarian responses. The Asia Response Team (ART) provides support to Oxfam country teams during large humanitarian responses. The ART is made up of up to 30 well-trained Oxfam women and men with diverse expertise who can be relied upon for swift and responsive humanitarian surge capacity to Oxfam country teams in Asia within 72 hours upon request to:

• Conduct rapid assessments anywhere in South and Southeast Asia within the first phase of an emergency
• Design, set up, and implement emergency responses with a focus on food security and livelihoods, public health, and humanitarian advocacy
• Integrate gender protection and beneficiary accountability in program design and implementation
• Prepare, plan, and manage the handover of activities to the country team and work closely with partners

Oxfam ART is now also part of the Asia Surge InterAgency (ASIA) Platform, formed in March 2018 as part of the exit strategy of the Transforming Surge Capacity (TSC) project that has been implemented since 2015 in Asia and funded by START Network. This platform is formed by nine international aid agencies, collaborating to enhance surge capacity across Asia – linking national and regional exchange – to make humanitarian responses in the region more efficient and effective. Through ASIA Platform, Oxfam works alongside other humanitarian responders from ActionAid, CARE, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief, Muslime Aid, Plan International, Save the Children, and World Vision.