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Oxfam encourages women to #FlexYourHouseband and celebrate equality at home

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...

The future is lasting peace. The future is equal.

Oxfam Statement of Support to the Call for Peace and Sustainable Local Development in the Bangsamoro Region

Oxfam is one with civil society organizations and humanitarian agencies in calling for the immediate end of violence and hostilities in the Bangsamoro region, including those in Sulu, Basilan, and Tawi-tawi, where armed conflicts happen.

Local Humanitarian Leadership

At the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, governments, people affected by crises, civil society, private sector, UN agencies, international organizations, and other humanitarian actors came together and committed to changes that would make life-saving action more effective. Among the...

REPORT: Meso-scale Insurance for Disaster Readiness and Recovery (MINDER) II Project

Given the Philippines’ high exposure and vulnerability to climate change impacts and disasters, there is a great need to develop policy measures for climate and risk financing to ease the burden of covering losses and damages. One low-hanging financing policy option to address climate and disaster...

When fathers care

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to our way of lives. For one, work-from-home arrangements have turned our homes into our workspaces, creating a dilemma about when work exactly begins and ends each day.

B-READY participant receives her prepaid card in Barangay Burak, Salcedo, Eastern Samar. (Photo: Myleen Ogana, PDRRN)

Future-proofing our communities

The Covid-19 crisis is not the only emergency the Philippines is facing. The economic slump triggered by the pandemic is happening alongside the country’s vulnerability to natural hazards and climate-related disasters, and worsening pre-existing social vulnerabilities.

Stories of Resilience: Johnny & Juanita

Johnny and Juanita Paz, a couple, carry the deeply rooted Filipino tradition of respect for older people. So, they decided to take care of not one but two sick elderly, both parents of Juanita, in a small house in Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao.

Stories of Resilience: Hasna

Under the scorching heat, a lady holding a megaphone with a loudspeaker beside her goes around Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao in a tricycle. The lady informs the residents of the importance of face masks, face shields, proper handwashing, and social distancing to prevent the spread of...

Call for Applications: Youth for EmpoweREment

Be our Youth EmpoweREment Partners! Do you have any ideas for a policy and advocacy campaign on #RenewableEnergy and #JustEnergyTransition? Let us support your initiative!

Distribution of iAFFORD Cards to project participants in Barangay Matarinao, one of the priority areas of the B-READY Project. (Photo: PDRRN)

Climate science meets participatory pre-disaster response

“Everything begins with the science,” says Global Parametrics founder Professor Jerry Skees. B-READY was Global Parametrics’ first involvement in a project that values and operationalizes communityparticipation in anticipatory financing for DRR.