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International Women’s Day at Oxfam – in video

Over the last decades, women in many countries have managed to secure labour rights and protection from violence, access to sexual and reproductive health, and political rights to reach the highest positions of leadership. Despite some progress, there is consensus that real change has been slow...

South Sudanese women demand for a rightful representation of at least 35% in government

#BorntoLead is campaign driven by a coalition of South Sudanese women’s rights organisations. For more information about the campaign contact: borntoleadssd@gmail.com
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Millions of locusts devastate crops in East Africa - US$ 70m needed to stop the outbreak

Nairobi, 29th January 2020

Swarms of locusts that are sweeping across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could grow 500 times bigger by June and invade Uganda and South Sudan unless they are immediately brought under control, says Oxfam.

The plagues have hit the region at...