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Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have the right to live in a world free from discrimination and violence.

OUR GOAL: A more just, gender-equal and inclusive society.

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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.

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.

Civil society, women and youth promoting culture of peace in Mindanao, Philippines (BRIDGE) Project 

December 9, 2024

Melita Amando, a 51-year-old Barangay Health Worker (BHW) from Barangay Lamud, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur, shares the struggles of her life as a “bakwit.”

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 […]

Farhana’s Fearless Campaign: Mobilising Young People to End Child Marriage

October 10, 2024

Farhana Ganoy, a youth advocate from the Maguindanao Alliance of Youth Advocates, during an in-school awareness session on Child, Early, and Forced Marriage, Teenage Pregnancy, and R.A. 11596 (An Act Prohibiting Child Marriage and Imposing Penalties for Violations) as part of the “CabPapalisa” activity.

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.

Groups unite to support the implementation of the law banning child marriage

December 7, 2023

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 […]

Oxfam Pilipinas, partners rally support behind the implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Law

October 11, 2023

To mark this year’s global commemoration of International Day of the Girl, Oxfam Pilipinas and its partners reiterate their support for the implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Law and caution against potential misinformation about its purpose. 

Oxfam Pilipinas’ Solidarity Message to the Launching of the 3rd BARMM Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security

October 5, 2023

Oxfam Pilipinas is grateful to the Bangsamoro Women Commission led by its Chairperson Hadja Bainon G. Karon for consistently engaging and involving us, other Non-Government Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in the consultations and crafting of the 3rd BARMM Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (RAPWPS) 2023-2028.