Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Debt Relief
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Intellectual Property
International Security
Labour
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Migration
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Population
Private Sector
Refugees
Social Development
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Torture
United Nations Reform
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Social Development:
Conflict
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2002 |
| Organizational structure: |
Oxfam International is registered as a foundation (Stichting) in The Hague, Netherlands, and as a foreign company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom. It is also registered in Kenya, where its headquartered, under a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Kenya. The Oxfam International Secretariat leads, facilitates and supports collaboration between Oxfam’s 21 affiliates. Oxfam’s global governance structure consists of an international Board and a multi-stakeholder Assembly, with ‘Affiliate Business Meetings’ convened as required. |
| Number and type of members: |
There are currently 21 Oxfam affiliates, including Oxfam America (USA),Oxfam Australia, Oxfam in Belgium, Oxfam Brasil, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Colombia, Oxfam IBIS (Denmark), Oxfam France, Oxfam Germany, Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam Hong Kong, Oxfam India, Oxfam Intermón (Spain), Oxfam Ireland, Oxfam Italy, Oxfam Mexico, Oxfam Aotearoa (New Zealand), Oxfam Novib (Netherlands), Oxfam Québec, Oxfam South Africa and Kadın Emeğini Değerlendirme Vakfı (KEDV- Foundation for the Support of Women's Work, Turkey). The Oxfam Confederation also has three public engagement offices - in South Korea, Sweden and Argentina which concentrate on raising awareness and funds for the Oxfam work. |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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