unpaid care and domestic work

Kampihan sa Tahanan: Care Sessions on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

This document contains the modules for each of the sessions. Each care session builds on the concept and experience of UCDW during the pandemic from the perspective of BPO employees, the target participants of these sessions. The modules were influenced by feminist values and designed with a human...

The 2021 National Household Care Survey

The COVID-19 global pandemic significantly added to the load of unpaid care work. As more were forced to stay home, the need for home care and chores multiplied globally.

Survey: Filipinos still believe gender stereotypes on breadwinning, unpaid care work but positive changes seen

To shed light on the current situation of unpaid care work in Filipino homes, especially among urban millennials in the BPO sector, Oxfam Pilipinas, with the support of Investing in Women, commissioned The Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) of Miriam College to conduct a study on the issue.

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.

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...

Filipino men log more care work hours due to pandemic but bulk of tasks still fall on women — survey

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic forcing families to spend more time at home, Filipinas are still bearing the brunt of unpaid care work.

Ibrahim Mantikayan, one of the MMH champions, takes care of his two-year-old son, Datu Nursalam Mantikayan at Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao. (Photo: Princess Taroza/Oxfam)

Stories of Health Champions: All Genders in Care Work

When Ibrahim's wife sought work opportunities abroad, he carried the challenges of being the primary caretaker of his two-year-old son, Datu Nursalam, alongside with doing most household chores such as doing the laundry, meal preparation, and washing the dishes.

Oxfam, BuCor to train inmates on care work and responsibility-sharing at home

As part of its advocacy to promote gender equality in the home setting, international humanitarian and development organization Oxfam partnered with the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to train inmates on the value of care work and why they should share this responsibility. The trainees will include...