Gender…so “what about it?”
Friday, March 15th, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Reflections, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »Musings on gender equality and disjointed realities from Oxfam humanitarian program officer Ma. Gabriela "Abbi" Luz
Typhoon Pablo’s agri damage reaches P11.57-B mark; HRC and Oxfam call on government to allot funds for food security and livelihoods recovery
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Emergencies, Food Crisis, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »New Bataan, Compostella Valley, Philippines (December 12, 2012) – “Government must allot funds for livelihoods recovery and food security of Typhoon Pablo’s affected communities.” This is based on results of the Humanitarian Response Consortium (HRC) and Oxfam’s assessment in the ...
Three towns completely devastated in Southern Mindanao; Oxfam rolls out Typhoon Pablo emergency response
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 Posted in Emergencies, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »December 8, 2012 (Manila, Philippines) --- Typhoon Pablo (International name: Bopha) devastated the towns of Cateel and Boston of Davao Oriental and in New Bataan, Compostela Valley leaving more than 90 percent of their populations homeless and with no access ...
#icommittodrr on PTV 4!
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »In celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, Oxfam in the Philippines and its partners under ECHO spearheaded a social media campaign #icommittodrr. Here is a glimpse of the event held last October 12, 2012 ...
Pinays committed to safer communities takes over Facebook and Twitter
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 Posted in Creative Solutions, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2569" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Representatives of the #icommittoDRR social media campaign led by Oxfam show the press their individual commitments to DRR."][/caption] More than a thousand Pinays joined disaster risk reduction advocates and practitioners in committing individual actions to make their ...
Support the #icomittodrr social media campaign!
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Creative Solutions, Disaster preparedness, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »Oxfam and its partners under the European Commission on Humanitarian Aid department celebrates the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day on October 12, Friday. We're calling all you to make your commitments to DRR! To find out please like: http://www.facebook.com/pages/icommittodrr/282765885168141?ref=hl and make your ...
Three years after Ondoy
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Videos, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »This video shows how the local governments and the people of Angono in Rizal and Laguna have learned their lessons after Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) devastated the country in 2009. Three years after, LGUs are now more prepared and more resilient ...
Gender and livelihood towards a sustainable DRR
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 Posted in Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »(The article below is written by and published with permission from Assistant Secretary Lila R. Shahani who heads the communications for the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster. For this article, she interviewed Lan Mercado, currently Oxfam adviser to ...