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Emelyn Pelarios consults with a nurse from the local government of Cagwait about family planning. The health service provision activity in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur is part of the Global Affairs Canada-funded Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project implemented by Oxfam Pilipinas through Sibog Katawhan Alang sa Paglambo (SIKAP). (Photo: Erwin Mascarinas/Oxfam)

Sexual Health and Empowerment: Changing Perspectives of both men and women

Leonida Pacheco got pregnant with her first child in 2010. She was just 17 years old. She ended up dropping out of college to focus on motherhood and was never able to return to her studies after having a total of five children.

Rohainie is a member of Linding Kokalombayan, a group of young women in Lanao Del Sur province and Marawi City campaigning against child, early and forced marriages in BARMM. (Photo: Ferdinandh Cabrera/Oxfam)

Youth group challenges practice of child marriage in Mindanao

Marriage between relatives is preferred since it is assumed that it helps tighten relationships among clans and that it can prevent feuds and misunderstandings between erstwhile warring clans, explained Roconsalam who is a leader of the Women’s Association on Turmeric Production.

Asliah Lomangco works on her sewing machine. She is part of the Creating Spaces Project which supports single mothers like Asliah who survived child, early and forced marriage. (Photo: Ferdinandh Cabrera/Oxfam)

Lanao Del Sur women campaigns to end child, early force marriage practices

In 2017, Asliah and her family lost almost everything in a huge fire that gutted their house and dozens others in Campo Ranao, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.In 2017, Asliah and her family lost almost everything in a huge fire that gutted their house and dozens others in Campo Ranao, Marawi City, Lanao...

Action against gender-based violence in PH, other countries affected during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new international Oxfam report shows an increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world amid the lack of action of governments. The report, The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19, showed the number of calls made by...