Oxfam International it will shed almost 30% of its global staff and pull up stakes in 18 nations due to financial hardship.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AN) — Oxfam International announced on Wednesday that it plans to shed almost 30% of its global staff and pull up stakes in 18 nations due to financial hardship from the coronavirus pandemic and other crises.
The Nairobi-based anti-poverty organization said it will lay off 1,500 of its almost 5,000 program staff as part of "strategic changes" that also include cutting ties with 700 of its nearly 1,900 partner organizations.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
Just 22.3% of all the e-waste - any product that has a plug or battery - was properly collected and recycled in 2022.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
