Humanitarian actors in the Philippines together with the private sector launched an innovation that combines weather parametric forecasting and financial technologies in disaster response. The announcement was made during the launch of the project called “Building Resilient Adaptive and Disaster Ready Communities” (B-READY), which will be piloted in the municipality of Salcedo in Eastern Samar. […]

Women’s rights organizations are encouraging voters to elect future leaders who are “ready and willing” to champion solutions to pressing issues faced by women. At a press launch on Friday in celebration of the National Women’s Month, a five-point feminist policy agenda that must be addressed by political aspirants and future government leaders was presented. […]

In celebration of the National Women’s Month, international development agency Oxfam and partners stressed the need to recognize the value of ‘unpaid care work’ in achieving gender equality and overcoming poverty. The call was made during the launch of the advocacy campaign called “I Laba Yu,” which encourages husbands and wives to share household chores […]

The innovative partnership between Oxfam, government, local non-government organisation, and financial technology firm, PayMaya and Smart Padala to help improve disaster preparedness and recovery of poor and most vulnerable communities through addressing multiple barriers to financial inclusion bags Silver Anvil award.  The Anvil Awards is considered “the Oscars” of Philippine public relations which recognises outstanding public […]

More than a year after the Marawi conflict ended, organizations working in the Marawi rehabilitation stressed the importance of promoting access to financial services and Islamic finance as part of the continuous recovery of families affected by the crisis. The call was made during the culmination of the Financial Inclusion for the Recovery of Marawi […]

An international development agency and its humanitarian response partners stressed the need to take urgent actions on climate change and poverty reduction as the country commemorated the 5th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) on November 8. Oxfam in the Philippines Country Director Maria Rosario Felizco said Yolanda, which was the strongest typhoon to make […]

Blog post by Dante DalabajanMore from Dante Dalabajan Humanitarian workers are regularly confronted by difficult choices. What humanitarian worker worth his or her salt has not been confronted by the possibility of either doing harm or doing nothing; or was stuck in a situation where good intentions are not enough in the face of bad or […]

At least 85,000 people across 13 provinces in the Philippines will soon have improved access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services. International development agency Oxfam and the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines recently launched the Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) Project. This project seeks to empower women and girls […]

In time for World Food Day 2018 and the second-to-the-last of filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) in the Philippines, around 300 members of marginalized sectors and advocacy groups gathered in front of the Commission on Elections office in Manila today. The groups behind the mobilization titled “Karapatan sa Pagkain, Ipaglaban sa Halalan!” aim to […]

Two weeks after the devastation brought by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) in Northern Luzon, international development agency Oxfam and partners raised the need for continued humanitarian assistance, especially for those in isolated and remote communities in Cagayan province. Oxfam Philippines Country Director Maria Rosario Felizco said many communities located in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) […]