This study looks into the disaster risk reduction and management policy framework and practice in the Philippines, particularly the budget performance of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) provided for by Republic Act 10121 or the PDRRM Act of 2010.

Times are changing and this is our response. BANYUHAY, a word play on “bago” (new), “anyo” (form) and “buhay” (life), reflects Oxfam Pilipinas’ metamorphosis and journey towards building a just and equal future for all. This Annual Report covers Fiscal Year April 2022 to March 2023.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the dependence of our societies on systems of care and caregiving to survive and thrive. This support system, however, has been mostly unpaid if not totally unrecognized for far too long. Its resulting negative effects have disproportionately affected women and girls around the world, especially in the Global South.

WEAct 1325, in partnership with Oxfam Pilipinas through the Participatory Engagement in Assessing, Crafting and Expanding the NAPWPS (PEACE-NAPWPS) supported by the Australian Government, initiated a consultation process that involved 23 community- level FGDs, 5 area agenda building consultations and a national conference. The process resulted in the development of the 11-Point CSO Agenda on Women, Peace and Security, which the civil society groups are advocating for inclusion in the national action plan and its regional/local counterparts.

Baseline Report   As the number of COVID-19 cases increased dramatically at the height of the pandemic, so did the demand for invisible and unpaid labor when most people were forced to stay home during periods of lockdown and community quarantine. Consequently, women and girls bore most of the burden. Yet, while this was the […]

In the Philippines, a country extremely vulnerable to natural hazards and climate-related disasters, which exacerbate poverty and preexisting social vulnerabilities, women and girls do up to five to six times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men. There is growing recognition that the billions of hours of the most essential work, including heavy […]

Initial evidence from the B-READY (Building Resilient, Adaptive andDisaster Ready Communities) Project indicates that strategic investments in preparedness activities could result in lesser spending on recovery efforts, as well as improve the disaster-vulnerable population’s capacity to manage impacts, resume their income-generating activities faster, and increase their resiliency. The Project was piloted in Salcedo, Eastern Samar […]

Recommendations for the Full Implementation of the Action Agenda on Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment in ASEAN   ASEAN’s legal and institutional framework is reviewed through a gender lens to distill recommendations for the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework. The operationalization of the Action Agenda for Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment is offered to contribute in ensuring that […]

Local humanitarian actors are on the brink of what could be a revolutionary movement in the global humanitarian space, which is still dominated by huge and powerful international players. In the Philippines, this movement started way before the Typhoon Haiyan catastrophe of 2013. For many communities in the country, local humanitarian actors were always at […]

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and is key to eliminating poverty because it unlocks full human potential and accelerates sustainable development. Oxfam Pilipinas implemented projects to transform unequal power relations, unjust structures, and harmful social norms to ensure the protection of women’s rights and the promotion of gender equality. This learning brief aims […]