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Bias behind Indian women finding fewer jobs, earning less: Oxfam report

The latest numbers underscore challenges in providing equal opportunities: Between 2010 and 2020, the number of working women in India dropped from 26% to 19%, according to the World Bank

Congress slams Centre over 'raids' against CPR, Oxfam India, IPSMF

The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Centre over "raids" against some Delhi-based think-tanks alleging that it is a deliberate move to exterminate all independent media and voices. The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted raids and surveys in various states in separate cases related to alleged tax evasion, FCRA violations, and illicit funding of registered unrecognised political parties, official sources said. The operations also targeted the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), global NGO Oxfam India, and Bengaluru-based Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation, with raids on their premises. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it's absolutely atrocious that research & advocacy organisations, and independent charitable trusts like CPR, Oxfam, and IPSMF have been raided "at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah." "It's a deliberate move to exterminate all independent media and voices!" Ramesh said in a video statement from ...

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam at WEF summit

Covid-19 pandemic has seen one new billionaire emerging every 30 hours, while nearly one million people could be pushed into extreme poverty every 33 hours this year: Oxfam

Governments need to take urgent action to combat inequality, says Oxfam

The combination of COVID-19, rising inequality, and rising food prices could push as many as 263 million people into extreme poverty in 2022, Oxfam said

What should the government do to address deepening inequality?

A recent survey claimed that the annual income of the poorest 20% of Indian households dropped by 53% in 2020-21 from their levels in 2015-16. This report tries to delve into the reasons behind it

Tax billionaires to fund Covid vaccines for poor hit by pandemic: Oxfam

Anti-poverty organisation Oxfam called for governments to impose a one-time 99% tax on the world's billionaires and use the money to fund expanded production of vaccines for the poor

Move to restrict flow of foreign funds hurts humanitarian work: Oxfam India

Oxfam India Trust, Jamia Millia Islamia and Tuberculosis Association of India were among prominent NGOs whose FCRA registrations became void on Saturday

'1 in 4 Indians face discrimination due to caste, religion in healthcare'

Oxfam India published findings from two surveys

Tackle climate, growing inequality together at COP26: Oxfam India

Starting Sunday, India and other world nations come together at Glasgow to deliberate on mechanisms to contain emissions to restrict global temperature rise

Global Hunger Index 2021 reflects India's reality post Covid: Oxfam

India's Global Hunger Index 2021 ranking at 101st position "unfortunately" reflects the reality of the country, Oxfam India said

Abolish tax havens: Oxfam India on Pandora papers revelations

The 'Pandora Papers' have named 300 Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Ambani, Nirav Modi and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

India's health inequality made worse by reduced health budget: Oxfam report

Oxfam India's inequality report draws attention to the county's unequal healthcare story hit further by Covid-19

11 people die of hunger each minute around globe, 155 mn in crisis: Oxfam

Group says global military spending increased by $51 billion during the pandemic: an amount that exceeds by at least six times what the U.N. needs to stop hunger.

Wealth of Indian billionaires increased by 35% during lockdown: Oxfam

Calling the coronavirus pandemic the world's worst public health crisis in a 100 years, the report said it triggered an economic crisis comparable in scale only with the Great Depression of the 1930s

Oxfam urges radical economic rejig in post-COVID era, warns inequality rise

Oxfam said the richest 1,000 people have already managed to recoup the losses they recorded in the early days of the pandemic because of the bounce back in stock markets

Oxfam to close 18 offices worldwide as coronavirus outbreak drains finances

Following the changes, it will retain a physical presence in 48 countries, six of which it will explore as new independent affiliate members, including Indonesia and Kenya

A community behind the curve

With resources more scarce than ever, it is vital the government implemented the Sachar Committee's recommendations in earnest

India's top 63 billionaires have more wealth than 2018-19 Budget outlay

The gap between the top 1 per cent and the bottom 50 per cent of the population just keeps expanding, global non-profit organisation Oxfam said in its latest annual report on income inequality

Wealth of India's richest 1% more than 4 times that of 70% poorest: Oxfam

The report flagged that global inequality is shockingly entrenched and vast and the number of billionaires has doubled in the last decade, despite their combined wealth having declined last year

World's richest 2,000 have more money than poorest 4.6 bn combined: Oxfam

In its "Time to Care" report, Oxfam said it estimated that unpaid care work by women added at least $10.8 trillion a year in value to the world economy - three times more than the tech industry