Oxfam Pilipinas kicks off project spotlighting value of care work in PH
Oxfam Pilipinas and its partners are calling on the government to prioritize care work—both paid and unpaid—through concrete measures. These include reducing the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work on women and girls and ensuring that paid care workers receive fair wages, equitable benefits, and safe working environments.
We Save Lives
Feminist Local Humanitarian Leadership: Empowering Women as Drivers of Change in Emergencies
Judy Ann Reambonanza (middle) from Sentro para sa Ikauunlad ng Katutubong Agham at Teknolohiya (SIKAT), together with Mariphel Salgado (left) and Rechcin Concilles (right), proudly recalls and demonstrates how to apply knot-tying techniques to transport a person. This is part of the skills they acquired from the Water, Safety, Rescue, and Survival Techniques (WASAR) training.
We Promote Gender Justice
Statement: The Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill and science-based Comprehensive Sexuality Education will empower Filipino youth
Oxfam Pilipinas, together with the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros, various civil society organizations, and child rights advocates, strongly supports the passage of the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill and the implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).
We Build Resilient Communities
The inequality of risk
Disasters are life-shattering, but their effects are not the same for everyone. They are true breaking points for people with low incomes and high levels of vulnerability.
Updates
Lot Felizco is new Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director
Oxfam Pilipinas is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Rosario “Lot” Felizco, as its new Executive Director. Felizco has over 30 years of experience working in the development sector, and has served in various leadership roles in Oxfam, including as country director with Oxfam Great Britain, policy director with Oxfam Hong Kong, and most […]
Oxfam Pilipinas wins DSWD’s Trailblazer Partnership award
The award marks the third recognition given to Oxfam Pilipinas in 2024.
COP29: Why it matters to the Philippines
The Global North must #PayUp: Obligation, not a donation. As primary contributors to the climate crisis, the Global North and super-rich must pay up a hefty sum commensurate with the injustices and damages they have caused to the people and the planet.
Civil society, women and youth promoting culture of peace in Mindanao, Philippines (BRIDGE) Project
Melita Amando, a 51-year-old Barangay Health Worker (BHW) from Barangay Lamud, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur, shares the struggles of her life as a “bakwit.”