Following the Father’s Day celebration, Oxfam Pilipinas is recognizing and encouraging the men who step up and respond to the call for equality in doing unpaid care work with their partners, via the webinar “Usapang Gawaing Bahay sa Panahon ng Pandemya,” and the launch of the #FlexYourHouseband Challenge. For many Filipinos, working from home has become more […]

Vice President Leni Robredo together with other women leaders and women’s rights advocates kicked off the International Women’s Day celebration ahead of March 8 with a virtual march spotlighting the role of women at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a virtual march organized by the development organization Oxfam Philippines together with the Philippine […]

SINGAPORE – The Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative (ASIC) and the certification assessment body NSF International have announced a joint collaboration to promote sustainability compliance with small-scale shrimp farmers in Southeast Asia. The collaboration supports the launch of the ASIC Shrimp initiative, a stakeholder-driven improvement framework built by seafood sector stakeholders from the Southeast Asian region. ASIC […]

The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals a new Oxfam report today. ‘The Inequality Virus’ is being published on the opening day of the World […]

Oxfam lauds House Resolution 1494, introduced by Representative Loren Legarda, to urge the Climate Change Commission to submit the Philippine Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), conveying the highest possible climate ambition in reflection of the government’s strong commitment to contribute to global efforts to advance global justice.

PRESS STATEMENT January 12, 2021 It is unfortunate that we begin the New Year with the news that the Philippines failed to submit its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). All Parties to the Agreement and the Convention were asked to submit their NDCs […]

PRESS STATEMENT January 12, 2021 It is unfortunate that we begin the New Year with the news that the Philippines failed to submit its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). All Parties to the Agreement and the Convention were asked to submit their NDCs […]

Following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Goni (local name Rolly), international NGOs Oxfam, ADRA, and World Vision, together with local partners Coastal core and Peoples’ Disaster Risk Reduction Network, with funding from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), will provide immediate aid to the most affected communities in the hard-hit areas of […]

In a historic and unanimous vote among Senators, Senate Bill 1373, also known as the ‘Girls Not Brides Act’ has passed the third and final reading on Monday, November 9. The Act criminalizes marriage between an adult and a minor (children below 18 years old), and was authored and sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros. Aside […]

Manila, Philippines – Oxfam is working with local partners and coordinating with local governments in the Philippines to assess the damage and needs of affected communities following Super Typhoon Rolly’s four landfalls yesterday as the Philippines observed All Soul’s Day. At least two million people or 400,000 families have been affected, with thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, and […]