Oxfam Great Britain and Oxfam International

Oxfam was established in 1942 in Oxford, England as a National Famine Committee to assist war refugees and displaced people across Europe . Today, Oxfam Great Britain is working in over 70 countries with local partners to alleviate poverty and injustice. The mission of the organization is to do this by working on issues such as Trade, Education, Debt and aid, Livelihoods, Health, HIV/AIDS, Conflict and Natural Disasters, Democracy and Human Rights, and Gender Equality. Oxfam’s work on Democracy and Human Rights focuses on the denial of poor women and men’s right to influence the decisions that affect their lives. A majority of the world’s poor are women: around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty on less than one dollar a day, are women and girls. Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations known as the Oxfams, working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. Oxfam Great Britain publishes Links, a journal on Gender Equity.