REACTION: IMF renews Managing Director's mandate after no other candidate was nominated.

'On its 80th birthday, the IMF chooses to cling to the past and the archaic 'gentleman's agreement' that keeps a European at its helm,' said Oxfam International's Kate Donald is not on here any more.

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This week, Oxfam in the Pacific’s Senior Leadership Team met in Suva to discuss our refreshed regional strategy. We also spoke to regional experts including Padre James Bhagwan & Joel Nilon to help us in charting our journey as we work to end poverty & inequality in the #Pacific

PRESS RELEASE: UK’s inconsistency over arms sales to Israel could make it complicit in Gaza deaths and destruction

Government has imposed restrictions on Israel in all previous escalations of violence

oxfam.org.uk/mc/ix4vy2/

Shocking new stats that puts into perspective just how bad the story of inequality gets every year.

Our Gender Justice Lead, Shirley Tagi, who is also co-author of our newly released report, “Unpaid Care, Domestic and Communal Work” spoke to ABC Pacific about the significance of this report.

You can listen to the full interview here:
abc.net.au/pacific/progra…

#HerMoneyMatters

A lot of the unpaid care work that happens around us is often not even seen as work. But it is, and women – who are often tasked with this unpaid care work, spend too much time doing it.

It’s time to change that.

Read our new report here:
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Our new report on unpaid care work reveals that Fijian women perform 9.5 hours of unpaid care work every day while Fijian men in contrast perform an average of only 2-3 hours unpaid care work. Read the full report below or scan the QR code:
qrco.de/oxfampacific

Today we celebrate the women representing New Zealand on International Women’s Day 🌏 #IWD2024

We continue to invest in growing the collective power of Pacific women & girls in all their diversity by working for a future where they have access to and governance over their resources and by addressing the structural barriers that keep them from realising their agency.
#IWD

Oxfam is proud to celebrate all women this International Women’s Day! This month all our women colleagues shall enjoy a self-care leave day in addition to their annual leave benefit. We hope to keep playing our part in building an equal future for all. #HerMoneyMatters

Tagio tumas to everyone who joined our Kakala session this week on reversing the resource curse. For those who missed out, you can watch the recording below:
youtu.be/e7bKUUAB8WM

We look forward to welcoming you all to our next Kakala Dialogue. Details on that to come!

#CSW68Pacific :
Priority theme: Poverty & Economic Justice!

HOLD THE DATE!
DIVA Parallel session - New York!
No UN pass needed.

DISRUPTING MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS!
14 March, 11am-1pm. New York.

RSVP here: tinyurl.com/5nry6496

#PovertyToPowerPacific

Meet our Moderator!

Damien will be moderating our Kakala Dialogue tomorrow the 28th of Feb at 4pm FJT. The talanoa will focus on why NGOs need to call out false solutions and greenwashing in extractivist industries. Register below:
oxfam-org-au.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#DecolonisingAid

4 out of 5 Australians (81%) favour a ceasefire in
#Gaza , and a majority (53%) support the Australian Government taking more action to achieve that goal, new YouGov polling has found.

❗Palestinians need us to keep up the volume and dial up the pressure on our governments. A

Meet our speaker!

Jason will be speaking at our Kakala Dialogue this Wednesday the 28th of Feb at 4pm FJT. The talanoa will focus on why NGOs need to call out false solutions & greenwashing in extractivist industries.

Register below:
oxfam-org-au.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#DecolonisingAid

Meet our speaker!

Rikki will be speaking at our Kakala Dialogue next Wednesday the 28th of Feb at 4pm FJT. The talanoa will focus on why NGOs need to call out false solutions & greenwashing in extractivist industries. Register below:
oxfam-org-au.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#DecolonisingAid