Campaigning - in pictures

What we do: Campaign for change; Emergency response; Development work; Why we do it

Issues we work on: Climate change; Conflict and natural disasters; Health; Education; Debt and aid; Gender equality; The right to be heard; World Food Crisis; Trade; Private sector

Where we work: Countries we work in

The impact of our work: In words and pictures; On video

Special features: History of Oxfam; Oxfam myths exposed; Take the Oxfam Quiz; Reshaping our world

Campaigning to shout about

It takes all sorts, and all kinds of action, to get decision-makers to listen – and actually do something. So go on. Make a dent in poverty, any way you can.

Campaigners erect the visual 'million faces' petition at the UN in December 2006. Photo: Oxfam

Online petitions

More than one million people signed our petition to control the arms trade – a trade fuelling conflict and misery in poor countries the world over. The result? In October 2006, the UN voted to begin work on an historic Arms Trade Treaty.

Photo: Oxfam