MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 30 (PIA) -- In an effort to advance gender equality and empower women, four (4) agencies in the province joined the rest of the nation in celebrating this year’s Women’s Month.
With only two days left before the end of March, empowered women from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office (LSPPO), Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), and Tactical Foundation (TF) carried-out an ‘Alay Lakad Para sa Kababaihan’ to wrap-up the Women’s Month fete.
The four groups converged at Pacasum Square in Barangay Banggolo, this city, around 5am, Tuesday, March 29, and walked towards the Provincial Capitol Gymnasium in Barangay Buadi Sacayo where a “Hataw” aerobics exercise was conducted.
Provincial Director Tarhata Mapandi of TESDA said, the walk for a cause is a clear manifestation that the four agencies stands behind to support the rights of Filipino women against all forms of discrimination.
With the theme “Magna Carta of Women, Philippine CEDAW: In Support of the Millennium Development Goals,” this year’s Women’s Month celebration is anchored on the relevance of Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, the national translation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the achievement of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
The Magna Carta of Women is a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting their rights, especially those in the marginalized sectors while the MDG is a set of international development targets that the UN-member countries have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. (Apipa Bagumbaran/PIA-10)
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