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Oxfam International aims to achieve gender equality and justice, which will contribute to tackle poverty.
Changes and improvements in legislation and policies but core issues need to be tackled like the
transformation in gender and power relations, the norms, structures, and values. Therefore, the
organization believes that even working on tackle or promoting other projects, by putting women’s rights
in the heart of all of them is possible to respond and confront inequality and discrimination that surrounds
women. The organization acts as follow (Oxfam International, 2019):

- Supporting women’s access to resources.
- Raising women’s voices.
- Ending violence against women and girls.
- Striving for gender equality in emergency response.

Conflicts and disasters

From 2008 the whole world is facing climate related disasters, insecurity and conflicts that lead to rise in
humanitarian crises and vulnerable people. Conflicts such as Yemen, Syria and South Sudan are conflicts
that continue and place communities and people in cycles of violence, poverty, and inequality. Moreover,
the disasters related to climate related disasters have tripled in 30 years and is estimated that by 2030s
regions like Southern, Eastern and the Horn of Africa and South and East Asia will face exposures to
tropical storms, floods and droughts.

Oxfam helps and responds by bringing high quality aid quality lifesaving assistance and essential protection
to the most needed and affected. The organizations establish long-term development programs to help to
rebuild communities and provide support to be able to face and cope with uncertainties and crises (Oxfam
International, 2019).

- Build resilience and local capacity.
- Support women’s rights and gender justice.
- Campaign and influence others.

Water and sanitation

Access to water is a fundamental human right that many poor or developing countries do not have while
in rich countries the availability of safe, clean and drinkable water is available, and it taken for granted.
However, in the rest of the world, to reach water is a daily challenge that communities and people face,
spending hours to arrive to a source of water or get access to it, as well as coping with the unhealthy and
unsecured water conditions. The unsafe water conditions are the main reason of many diseases and
deaths. Furthermore, the scarcity of water is also linked to poverty because it impacts issues like food
production and security, insanity, women, and girls, among others.