Media Releases
Oxfam Pilipinas wins DSWD’s Trailblazer Partnership award
The award marks the third recognition given to Oxfam Pilipinas in 2024.
Oxfam Pilipinas, partners win UN’s Asia-Pacific Care Champions award
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Oxfam Pilipinas’ care work campaign during COVID wins top Quill award
Oxfam Pilipinas’ campaign addressing gender norms on unpaid care work and women’s breadwinning during COVID-19 received the top award at the recently held 20th Philippine Quill Awards. The “HomesquadPH” campaign, which sheds light on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) in Filipino homes, especially among urban millennials, received an Award of Excellence in communication management […]
Groups unite to support the implementation of the law banning child marriage
Various government agencies, civil society organizations, and youth groups pushed for the wider information dissemination and implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage (PCM) Law in the country on Thursday. The call is also timely following the recent prosecution of the Socorro “cult” leaders and members involved in the facilitation and solemnization of forced marriages […]
852 families receive cash assistance in Dolores, E. Samar before floods hit
At least 852 families in flood-prone barangays in Dolores town in Eastern Samar received preemptive cash assistance from the local government in anticipation of the potential impacts of the shear line and low-pressure area last November 18.