Under the most serious scenario - a 20% contraction in income - the number of people living in extreme poverty would rise by 434 million people to 922 million worldwide.

In a report released ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam said it estimated that unpaid care work by women added at least $10.8 trillion a year in value to the world economy -- three times more than the tech industry.

He later invited hundreds of needy, including migrants, to dine with him in a Vatican hall.

Justin Trudeau usually marks International Women’s Day with a grand public gesture. This year, Canada's self-proclaimed 'feminist' PM is fighting to preserve his legacy.

Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 per cent last year — or $2.5 billion a day.

The award-winning exhibition, Museum Without A Home, is full of items donated from refugees around the world and is coming to Vancouver this Thursday.

The deputy CEO of the British charity Oxfam stepped down Monday amid a sexual abuse scandal stemming back to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Oxfam released a report, saying there were 233 more individuals who became billionaires between April 2016 and March 2017, the highest in any year. 

One of Trump's first acts as president was to bring back a policy withholding hundreds of millions of dollars per year from groups that perform abortions.

The eight individuals who own as much as half of the rest of the planet are all men, and have largely made their fortunes in technology. Most are American, with one European and one Mexican in the mix. Several have pledged to give it all to charity.