We Promote Gender Justice

Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have the right to live in a world free from discrimination and violence.

OUR GOAL: A more just, gender-equal and inclusive society.

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Photo of a woman carrying an infant, doing care work while working at the market as part of the informal sector. For more info, visit oxfam.org.ph

As the energy crisis deepens existing inequalities and care workers remain unprotected, Oxfam Pilipinas calls for urgent actions to realize the Philippines’ gender and climate commitments.

“The work of civil society and particularly of women's rights organizations and feminist organizations cannot be overstated in a field like SRHR, bringing the conversation from one of control to one of autonomy and choice.” Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director, Lot Felizco, stressed the need to invigorate the fight for women’s rights and autonomy in the face of growing counter-narratives and injustice not only in the Philippines but also across the world at the panel on “Holding the Line: Coalition Leadership for the Future of SRHR,” on 28 April 2026 at Women Deliver 2026. She highlighted the power of women and girls for leadership and self-determination, while called on leaders and partners to safeguard the spaces that enable this power to flourish.

Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director, Lot Felizco, stressed the need to invigorate the fight for women’s rights and autonomy in the face of growing counter-narratives and injustice not only in the Philippines but also across the world at the panel on “Holding the Line: Coalition Leadership for the Future of SRHR,” on 28 April 2026 at Women Deliver 2026.

Get to know more about GlowCorp, a social enterprise under Oxfam Pilipinas' EmpowerHer project that champions gender- and care-responsive practices.

Website banner with QR code of UN ESCAP and Oxfam's Caring Entrepreneurs in ASEAN grant program. The grant will be open to small businesses and local partners supporting communities directly in running their small businesses. Please note that this grant cannot cover any subcontracting activities. The grant will be open to initiatives in ASEAN countries. The grant would give a particular preference to 1. Care enterprises and paid care models: Small and medium care enterprises or community-based initiatives that involve paid care work, across a variety of models and services, such as care for children, older persons or persons with disabilities, and including digital-enabled care enterprises, on-demand, in-person or centre-based services for families or corporations. 2. Care-responsive business practices: Initiatives where small and/or medium enterprises test approaches to address the care responsibilities of workers and entrepreneurs, such as workplace care solutions, flexible arrangements, or partnerships with care providers Applicants must be legally registered entities in their country of operation and able to comply with basic due diligence requirements if selected. Women led, women owned, and community based enterprises are strongly encouraged to apply. For more info, visit oxfam.org.ph.

Are you a small or medium-sized business, social enterprise, or community-based initiative invested in addressing unpaid care and domestic work through entrepreneurship? If yes, this grant may be for you.

Poster of Oxfam Pilipinas’ statement on the issuance of fatwa or religious edict against forcing women to marry their rapist or perpetrator: We applaud the Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta for issuing a fatwa that declares forcing women to marry their perpetrator as haram or forbidden under the Shariah or Islamic law. The fatwa affirms the fundamental rights of women and girls and emphasizes that sexual violence must be met with justice: victim-survivors should not be trapped in a cycle of violence and perpetrators should not evade persecution. For more info on gender justice in the Philippines, feminist organization in the Philippines, and gender justice in islam, visit https://oxfam.org.ph/what-we-do/preventing-gender-based-violence/

We applaud the Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta for issuing a fatwa that declares forcing women to marry their perpetrator as haram or forbidden under the Shariah or Islamic law.

Photo of Lot Felizco of Oxfam Pilipinas speaking at the Quezon City (QC) Local Government Unit at the Transformative Care Policy and Practice Conference, organized by the QC Gender and Development Office in partnership with UN Women, on 12 March 2026. For more info on care work, care work pioneer Oxfam Pilipinas, care programming, care work policy advocacy, and care work policy champions, visit oxfam.org.ph

Executive Director Maria Rosario “Lot” Felizco shared Oxfam’s decade-long journey in advancing care at the Quezon City Transformative Care Policy and Practice Conference on 12 March 2026

Multisectoral coalition calls for swift action to safeguard Bangsamoro peace process For years, we have worked alongside women, youth, and civil society partners across the Bangsamoro to advance peace and inclusive and sustainable development. As recent developments threaten the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process, we join a multisectoral coalition of leaders and organizations in urging the Philippine government to take decisive action to keep the transition on track in accordance with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. Safeguarding the peace process honors the aspirations not just of the Bangsamoro people but also of millions of Filipinos for a future that is equal and free from conflict. Read the statement. For more info, visit oxfam.org.ph

As recent developments threaten the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process, we join a multisectoral coalition of leaders and organizations in urging the Philippine government to take decisive action to keep the transition on track in accordance with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.

Oxfam Pilipinas celebrates National Women's Month Likhang Lila, Oxfam Pilipinas’ commemoration of Women’s Month, asserts that women's rights should not merely be symbolic—they must be claimed, defended, and strengthened through collective action. For more info, visit oxfam.org.ph

Across the Philippines and the world, women’s rights too often remain inaccessible, unenforced, or unevenly experienced. Likhang Lila, Oxfam Pilipinas’ commemoration of Women’s Month, asserts that women’s rights should not merely be symbolic—they must be claimed, defended, and strengthened through collective action. It is anchored on a simple truth: gender equality cannot rest on aspiration […]

Statement of Oxfam Pilipinas for National Women's Month 2026 For more info, visit oxfam.org.ph

The only bold imagination our leaders need is the imagination to build a country that truly respects women’s dignity. When those in power objectify women, they shrink the spaces where we are safe and send the wrong message that disrespect and inequality are acceptable. Words are never just words, especially when spoken among the very […]

Oxfam Pilipinas joined the Regional Safeguarding Training in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-6 February 2026, organized by Oxfam in Asia.

We Promote Gender Justice

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Energy crisis bares rising burden, cost of women’s care work

Social enterprise spotlight: Care champion GlowCorp

Call for Expressions of Interest: Caring Entrepreneurs in ASEAN

Forcing a woman to marry her perpetrator now forbidden under Shari’ah law

Oxfam Pilipinas showcases decade-long care wins in QC confab

Multisectoral coalition calls for swift action to safeguard Bangsamoro peace process

Women weaving change for rights and justice

The only bold imagination our leaders need

Oxfam Pilipinas joins regional safeguarding training