Rachel Schaevitz

Oxfam calls for ‘no decision’ on Pacific free-trade agreement

August 23, 2016

Current negotiations on the PACER-Plus regional free trade agreement between Pacific Island countries, Australia and New Zealand are edging closer to completion, with Pacific people most likely to lose out in the deal.

Yemen: Humanitarian Agencies condemn attack on MSF hospital

August 16, 2016

Oxfam, Care, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Interiors, and Save the Children condemn the Saudi-led coalition airstrike today on a hospital supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Abs, in Hajja governorate.

Closure of Yemen’s main airport puts millions of people at risk

August 14, 2016

Oxfam and eleven other aid agencies have called on the Saudi-led coalition to lift restrictions on Yemeni airspace in order to allow for the reopening of the country’s main airport, Sana’a International, and to allow humanitarian flights to resume.

Yemen: Aid agencies call on UN to hold Saudi-led Coalition to account

August 1, 2016

Six aid agencies today expressed their disappointment that the Saudi-led Coalition has not been put back on the UN’s list of parties responsible for grave violations against children in Yemen.

World leaders must step up efforts for refugees and migrants

August 1, 2016

The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, this 19th September, has been called to tackle one of the greatest global challenges of our age: to protect and assist millions of people on the move in search of safety and dignity.

South Sudan: Violence fuels humanitarian crisis

July 28, 2016

South Sudan faces a spiralling humanitarian crisis as the recent surge in fighting prevents aid agencies from providing urgent help to millions of people in need. Violence and insecurity continue in Juba and are spreading to other states despite a fragile ceasefire in a country where half the population relies on humanitarian aid, ten aid agencies warned today.