Oxfam International Strategic Plan, "Demanding Justice" 2007-2012
Demanding justice – our central commitment
We are outraged by the poverty and injustice in the world. We must challenge unjust policies and practices and we must respect people's rights. Together we can achieve a just world without poverty.
Read the Oxfam International Strategic Plan, "Demanding Justice" 2007-2012 (pdf 1.8MB).
This Strategic Plan outlines the joint work that we will do over the next six years as Oxfam International working together with our partners and allies. Each Oxfam affiliate has its own plan and these are aligned to this overarching Oxfam International Strategic Plan.
Oxfam International is committed to supporting women, men and children, living in poverty, to claim their rights to sustainable livelihoods, to basic social services, to life and security, to be heard, and to an identity.
Within this framework we will work together as Oxfam International on narrower Change Goals – the specific things we are trying to achieve in 2007 - 2012. The Change Goals are:
- Economic justice
- Essential services
- Rights in crisis
- Gender justice
Our humanitarian aid, long-term development programs, campaigning, advocacy and Fair Trade activities will contribute toward these Change Goals and to make a positive difference to people's lives.
Building on our learning
This is Oxfam International's third plan. The first, "Towards an Ever-closer Union" (1998 - 2000), described the institutional foundation for the development and growth of Oxfam International.
The second, "Towards Global Equity" (2001 - 2006) established economic and social rights as the basis of Oxfam's work by proposing that managed market economies and fairer rules for global trade could reduce poverty. It proposed to strengthen Oxfam's humanitarian response capacity and position Oxfam as part of a global campaigning force for change.
This Plan "Demanding Justice" (2007 - 2012), builds on the first two plans but puts a greater emphasis on the need to address growing inequality and to empower people living in poverty, particularly women, as a prerequisite to achieving Oxfam's five rights-based aims.
Oxfam is committed to grow and develop as a professional learning organization. Take a few minutes to read the Oxfam International Strategic Plan booklet and you'll see what we will be working on together, as Oxfam International, during this Plan period.
