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Personal to Powerful
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Thirty years ago, governments committed to gender justice through the Beijing Platform for Action. We’ve made progress—but the fight is far from over.
[Access our new report](https://www.oxfam.org/en/personal-powerful-holding-line-gender-justice-face-growing-anti-rights-movements)
Looking for your nearest Oxfam
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Oxfam is a global organization with affiliates in 20 countries. To see the information that is most relevant for you, visit your local Oxfam.
[Go to Oxfam America](https://www.oxfamamerica.org/)
Our work
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[### Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism
Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Inequality is out of control.](/en/takers-not-makers-unjust-poverty-and-unearned-wealth-colonialism)
[### Gaza Crisis Appeal
A temporary ceasefire is now in place in Gaza. Please donate today to support people who have lost everything to this war.](/en/what-we-do/emergencies/gaza-crisis-appeal)
[### Safety net and humanitarian cash in the Emergency Response in Lebanon – what can we learn?
Lebanon is facing a severe humanitarian crisis exacerbated by economic turndown, widespread poverty, and displacement resulting from the escalation of the hostilities into war between Hezbollah and Israel on September 23, 2024.](/en/research/safety-net-and-humanitarian-cash-emergency-response-lebanon-what-can-we-learn)
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### MEDIA ADVISORY: New paper on exploitation of Palestinian women working in illegal Israeli settlements
Paper released as West Bank sees escalations in Israeli military and settler violence, killings, injuries, forced displacements, residenti
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### Israel blocks aid to Gaza as Ramadan begins – Oxfam reaction
Israel's decision is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law.
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### Oxfam reaction to USAID funding cuts in DRC
Commenting on news today that the US has confirmed the termination of USAID funding for multiple life-saving projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
](/en/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-usaid-funding-cuts-drc)
The future is equal
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Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we **tackle the inequality that keeps people poor**. Together, we save, protect and rebuild lives when disaster strikes. We help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. we take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.
**Join us.**
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Our impact at a glance
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[](/en/what-we-do/about/how-we-fight-inequality-end-poverty-injustice "Learn more about how we fight inequality to end poverty and injustice")
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