A message to Jo Cox
June 22, 2016
Jo Cox, the British MP murdered last week, helped setting up Oxfam’s EU office in Brussels. Oxfam staff will join Jo’s friends and former colleagues at Ancienne Belgique in the city centre of Brussels on Wednesday, the day that would have been her 42nd birthday, to celebrate this incredibly strong woman. Here is a message… » read more
Posted by Oxfam International EU Advocacy
By Natalia Alonso, Oxfam’s EU Head of Office The latest figures from the OECD seem promising but hide an uncomfortable truth. Donors have collectively increased their development aid spending, but most of Europe’s wealthiest governments still fail to meet promises designed to alleviate global poverty and slash economic inequality. Overall, the EU-19 contribution to overseas… » read more
Posted by Oxfam International EU Advocacy
Oxfam International’s European Union office in Brussels works to influence key decision-makers to ensure that EU policies affecting poor countries have a far reaching, positive impact on the lives of those most in need.
