Women's Economic Empowerment

Socialย enterpriseย spotlight:ย Care championย GlowCorp

April 26, 2026

Get to know more about GlowCorp, a social enterprise under Oxfam Pilipinas' EmpowerHer project that champions gender- and care-responsive practices.

Oxfam Pilipinas showcases decade-long care wins in QC confab

March 22, 2026

Executive Director Maria Rosario โ€œLotโ€ Felizco shared Oxfamโ€™s decade-long journey in advancing care at the Quezon City Transformative Care Policy and Practice Conference on 12 March 2026

Multisectoral coalition calls for swift action to safeguard Bangsamoro peace processย 

March 17, 2026

As recent developments threaten the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process, we join a multisectoral coalition of leaders and organizations in urging the Philippine government to take decisive action to keep the transition on trackย in accordance withย the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.ย ย 

Oxfam Pilipinas joins regional safeguarding training

February 28, 2026

Oxfam Pilipinas joined the Regional Safeguarding Training in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-6 February 2026, organized by Oxfam in Asia.

EU-BAEP WEE-SAFE honors partners at project closing

February 28, 2026

Partner organizations SIMCARRD Inc., KMFI,ย Oxfam Belgiรซ/Belgique, andย Oxfam Pilipinasย gathered for a feast of community stories as the European Union-funded project "Strengthening Agri-fishery Enterprise through Women and Youth Empowerment Inclusive Business and Climate Resilience", or WEE-SAFE, comes to an end on 11 February 2026, in Zamboanga.

Oxfam Pilipinas, PKKK launch Care Connect in Biliran

July 28, 2025

Oxfam Pilipinas, Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK), together with the Government of Canada, Oxfam Canada, and local organizations, launched the Care Connect project in Biliran on July 24, 2025, emphasizing the need to recognize care work as real work and institutionalize care programs and policies at the local level.

Our domestic workers deserve better

April 30, 2025

Within countless households across the Philippines, domestic workers provide essential care work for other families so their own families may live. And yet, they are among the most vulnerable and underappreciated workers in the country.ย  Long hours, below-minimum wages, little to no social protection, and, in extreme cases, outright abuse characterize their experience.

EmpowerHer campaign highlights value of recognizing unpaid care work rendered by women in households

April 25, 2025

The campaign kicks off with an online forum, โ€˜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.

NGOs, BARMM govโ€™t vow support for women entrepreneurs

February 27, 2025

Civil society, government, and private sector representatives concluded a learning exchange focused on enhancing womenโ€™s economic empowerment in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) held February 18 to 19 in Davao City. Hosted by Oxfam and The Asia Foundation in partnership with the Bangsamoro Women Commission and supported by the Australian Government in […]