Oxfam Pilipinas, Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development, and the UP Resilience Institute are set to collaborate to integrate anticipatory action into local climate adaptation planning and conduct a parametric insurance study to support disaster risk financing.

In a significant move toward just energy transition, the Eastern Samar Provincial Government, the Local Governments of Borongan City and Dolores, and Oxfam Pilipinas signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will integrate renewable energy and just energy transition into local development plans and activities.

The campaign kicks off with an online forum, ‘Family or Career, Why Not Both? Pag-usapan natin paano sumakses sa bahay at buhay', highlighting the effects of assigning majority of unpaid care and domestic work to women in the typical Filipino household.

Disasters are life-shattering, but their effects are not the same for everyone. They are true breaking points for people with low incomes and high levels of vulnerability. 

This October 14-18, Oxfam Pilipinas along with our partners from across the confederation and our local humanitarian partners are joining the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 (APMCDRR) hosted by the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.

The critical path in project management represents the shortest time required to complete a project. Similarly, addressing the climate crisis necessitates identifying the most effective route, which some argue is solely through initiatives targeting carbon emissions.

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 […]

When disaster strikes, what could be better for the affected communities than a speedy emergency response? One that’s already happened. That’s the idea behind a new approach to cyclones and other hazards that are possible to predict: distributing cash in advance in the communities that lie in harm’s way.

Moharen Tambiling, an indigenous Palaw’an, was once a supporter of a nickel mine on their ancestral land in southern Palawan. He was initially drawn in by the miner’s promises of job opportunities and development. 

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.