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- Postcard from Sulawesi
- Oxfam's Sonya Fleming reports from the forests of Central Sulawesi.
- Signing away the future: how trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries undermine development (March 2007) (PDF 315KB)
- This Oxfam International briefing paper argues that trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries are threatening to deny developing countries a favourable foothold in the global economy. Driven by the USA and the European Union, these agreements impose far-reaching rules that place severe restrictions on the very policies developing countries need to fight poverty.
- The tsunami two years on: land rights in Aceh (November 2006) (PDF 121KB)
- Aceh, the northern-most province of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, suffered terribly in the tsunami of December 2004. This Oxfam International briefing paper argues that the protection of rights to land, property, and resources is vital to Aceh’s recovery. Two years after the tsunami struck, the poorest and most marginalised groups in Acehnese society – squatters, women-headed households, and orphans – are still facing a crisis over where and when they will be resettled.
- Brush strokes – Oxfam Australia's tsunami response in Aceh (September 2006) (PDF 40KB)
- Mahmulia’s navy blue t-shirt is flecked canary yellow; her loosely-tied long dark brown hair, lightly speckled; her light-coloured trouser pants, marked with brown paint: Mahmulia, 26, is a trainee painter.
- Offside! Labour rights and sportswear production in Asia (May 2006) (PDF 3.95mb)
- This Oxfam International report finds that sportswear workers in Asia are struggling to earn a living and many face dismissal or threats of violence if they try to form unions.
- Family reunites in new home (November 2005) (PDF 135KB)
- After losing their house, their business and all their belongings in the tsunami, Zainal Abidin and family were then forced to live apart for eight months in temporary accommodation in separate towns. Thanks to Oxfam, the family has been reunited in a new semi-permanent home in Lhokseudu, Aceh.
- The art of sound (November 2005) (PDF 100KB)
- Rudy Ganawan is an artist who has had a hearing impairment since he was a child. He moved to Meulaboh, Aceh after his house in Banda Aceh was destroyed in the tsunami and now works with Oxfam painting banners and other materials to support Oxfam’s public health promotion work.
- Driving change in Aceh (August 2005) (PDF 53KB)
- More than 300 becak drivers in Banda Aceh lost their lives in the tsunami. The remaining 300 drivers have no homes, no vehicles and no income. Oxfam is helping them get back on the road by providing loans to help them purchase new becaks.
- Restoring Aceh brick by brick (June 2005) (PDF 83KB)
- Oxfam's Elizabeth Stevens travels through Aceh and witnesses how Oxfam is helping to rebuild tsunami-affected communities.