Media Releases

Oxfam Pilipinas kicks off project spotlighting value of care work in PH

February 5, 2025

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.

Lot Felizco is new Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director

February 5, 2025

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 […]

Statement: The Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill and science-based Comprehensive Sexuality Education will empower Filipino youth

January 21, 2025

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).

Oxfam Pilipinas wins DSWD’s Trailblazer Partnership award

December 20, 2024

The award marks the third recognition given to Oxfam Pilipinas in 2024.

Oxfam Pilipinas, partners win UN’s Asia-Pacific Care Champions award

November 22, 2024

Bangkok, Thailand – The partners behind the WE CARE Ordinance of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar were honored as 2024 Asia-Pacific Care Champions by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UN Women. The award recognizes “trailblazers who have made pioneering contributions to building inclusive and sustainable care systems” whose […]

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.

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.

European Union, Oxfam Pilipinas, and partners to boost Agri-fishery for 54,000 people in BaSulTa

March 14, 2024

Oxfam Pilipinas and its partners have officially launched an initiative aimed at boosting economic opportunities for 54,600 women, youth, indigenous people (IP), and other small producers in the Agri-fishery sector in Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) provinces in the Philippines.

Women’s Month: Oxfam Pilipinas calls for gender equality, feminist financing

March 6, 2024

Oxfam Pilipinas kicked off its campaign called “Dapat All Equal,” which will run from 2024 to 2027 in Eastwood Mall in Quezon City on Friday.

2000 families receive assistance to combat anticipated El Nino impacts in BARMM 

February 5, 2024

With the imminent threat of El Niño in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), SUPREME BARMM, a consortium led by Oxfam Pilipinas, and its members distributed essential water conservation kits to up to 2000 families to mitigate the adverse effects of the impending dry spell.   With support from the European Union Civil Protection and […]