Since 2003 Oxfam has been campaigning for a global agreement to regulate the international trade of arms and ammunition.

A joint initiative between Oxfam and the investment industry, The Better Returns in a Better World project aims to assess the potential for investors to contribute to poverty alleviation through their investment activities.

The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) aims to make cash transfer and voucher programming a viable and accountable programme mechanism used by all technical sectors engaged in humanitarian preparedness and response work by 2013.

25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence.

The ECB project aims to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of the humanitarian sector's ability to save lives, protect livelihoods and defend the rights of disaster-vulnerable communities.

Oxfam GB's Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods (EFSL) specialists have been heavily involved in the development of techniques and approaches that are widely used today.