15 May 2012
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Porter McConnell
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Blog channel: GROW
Porter McConnell is the Oxfam policy lead for the G8 Camp David summit.This Friday, G8 leaders are making a big announcement on food security. We expect the launching of a new initiative. Past...
11 May 2012
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Victoria Marzilli
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Blog channel: GROW
This piece is part of a series of blogs by leading NGOs to call attention to a range of issues that should be raised at the G8 Summit at Camp David in rural Maryland from May 18-19. This article was...
9 May 2012
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Tim Norton
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Blog channel: GROW
Around the world every night, one in seven people go to bed hungry – that's almost one billion people. People are hungry not because there isn't enough food produced but because our food system is...
8 May 2012
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Joel M Bassuk
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
In the Sahel region of West Africa, families are facing a grim reality. A food crisis is now threatening more than 15 miillion people. Without help they won't get enough to eat.Drought, poor harvets...
2 May 2012
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Martin Butcher
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
The growing food crisis provoked by drought in the Sahel is affecting millions of people. This crisis has been deepened by the conflict in Mali sparked by the proliferation of arms from Libya in the...
1 May 2012
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Stephen Hale
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Blog channel: GROW
The post-2015 millennium development goals must focus on sustainability, equity and reaching the poorest of the poor, Lysa John and Stephen Hale say in this joint blog.
30 April 2012
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Jim Clarken
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Blog channel: Gender Justice
Despite progressive legislation on women’s rights the reality in rural communities in India is far different. Jim Clarken, Executive Director of Oxfam Ireland, visited Hyderabad and met some...
26 April 2012
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Caroline Gluck
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
In the village of Bangadi, in Congo's north-eastern Orientale province, you don't have to look hard to see the impact that the vicious rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, the LRA, has had on the...
25 April 2012
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Jameen Kaur
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Blog channel: GROW
Jameen wraps up our 2012 AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights in Development coverage with this inspiring entry!The word "courage" comes from the Latin word ‘cuer’ meaning heart. Courage...
22 April 2012
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Jameen Kaur
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Blog channel: GROW
We can hear African drums being played from the speakers as we make our way into a room which feels like a giant cinema. Greeting us are over 2,000 women and girls, ranging in age from 7 to 80, from...
