Join Oxfam at APMCDRR 2024

This October 14-18, Oxfam Pilipinas along with our partners from across the confederation and our local humanitarian partners are joining the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 (APMCDRR) hosted by the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.

We Save Lives

Feminist Local Humanitarian Leadership: Empowering Women as Drivers of Change in Emergencies

October 11, 2024

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

Civil society, women and youth promoting culture of peace in Mindanao, Philippines (BRIDGE) Project 

December 9, 2024

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.”

We Build Resilient Communities

The inequality of risk

October 13, 2024

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. 

Binhi ng Pag-Asa

Sundan ang kwento ng mga kababaihan ng Payatas na nangarap ng mas masaganang buhay para sa kanilang mga pamilya. Alamin kung paano nila naitaguyod ang isang urban farm at nakapag-ani ng ligtas at masustansiyang gulay sa gitna ng dating tambakan ng basura.

Updates

COP29: Why it matters to the Philippines

December 9, 2024

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.

ASEAN Energy Ministers commit to intensify Just and Inclusive Renewable Energy collaboration in the region

October 14, 2024

At AEBF-24, Oxfam joined the call of civil society organizations in urging ASEAN leaders for more ambitious targets on RE and to implement a fast transition to these sources.

Farhana’s Fearless Campaign: Mobilising Young People to End Child Marriage

October 10, 2024

Farhana Ganoy, a youth advocate from the Maguindanao Alliance of Youth Advocates, during an in-school awareness session on Child, Early, and Forced Marriage, Teenage Pregnancy, and R.A. 11596 (An Act Prohibiting Child Marriage and Imposing Penalties for Violations) as part of the “CabPapalisa” activity.

Trust Undermined: Discrepancies in Asian Development Bank’s Climate Adaptation Finance Claims in Asia

May 2, 2024

Oxfam analyzed the largest climate adaptation projects of the Asian Development Bank in the region and discovered that the actual adaptation finance could be off by 44 percent—$0.9 billion instead of the reported $1.7 billion.