Blog post by Genevive EstacaanOxfam Great BritainCommunications OfficerMore from Genevive Estacaan Nashreema, 18, is a young mother to a seven-month old boy called Jomal. Before the conflict, Nashreema owned a small shop where she sold vegetables, fish and snacks, while her husband drives a tricycle around their small town inside Marawi City. When the war broke […]

Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas On her second month of staying at the “tent city”, the evacuation center in Landa Pamana, Balo-I, Lanao del Norte that are made of tents from the DSWD, Noranya* laments the drudgery of everyday life brought by the discomfort of the conditions. “I’m tired of eating sardines. My […]

Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas May 26 was the day Farhana* didn’t have the slightest hint of a choice. As she faced a band of militants who didn’t budge as they aimed their firearms at her unless she leaves her house, she saw soldiers on the other end of the road pressing her […]

Some people often correlate women leaders with bad governance or bad leadership. Well, I beg to disagree. Leadership for me is not about the title. You can be a full time homemaker and be a leader compared to an elected official. In the case of the Marawi conflict and the extension of Martial Law in […]