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CLOSETHEGAP Launch

We've launched! After a few short weeks of feverish preparation, Oxfam India's CLOSETHEGAP campaign has formally begun.

Intolerance Impeding Innovation

“Why is the sky blue?” This “stupid” question could only be answered through Nobel Prize winning research by C.V. Raman, just as why an apple falls led Newton to gravitational theory.

After a Bleak End to 2012, Hopefully 2013 will Bring some Positive Changes for Indian Women

Oxfam India strongly condemns the brutal sexual assault and subsequent death of a young woman in Delhi and calls for immediate systemic response.

India’s New Middle Classes – Friends of progress or a Political mall-rats?

A Conversational blog written and edited by Duncan Green : One of the topics that kept coming up during my recent trip with Oxfam India was the role of the rising middle classes.

Trailwalker, an Event With Immense Potential

As Oxfam India prepares for its second trailwalker in January 2013, here are some excerpts from the key reflections of the debut trailwalker in India from John Sayer, Executive Director, Oxfam Hong Kong along with words of advice for future such events in India.

Chhattisgarh – Food Security Region: West

Securing people’s Right to Food A Public Hearing by various CSOs, Right to Food Campaign and Oxfam India pressed the Chhattisgarh government to successfully reinstate ration cards that were wrongly cancelled during the BPL verification drive.

Changing the Face of Urban Poverty

Rapid urbanization is a global phenomenon & India is not an exception. For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas than in rural areas. According to 2011 census figures 377 million people constituting 31.16% of the country’s total population in India, live in urban areas.