The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, through its Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women (RCBW-ARMM), officially started the celebration of this year’s National Women’s Month (NWM) through a parade, on March 5, inside the ARMM compound in Cotabato City.
The parade, followed by a short program, was attended by officials and employees of the region’s different line agencies and offices.
The ARMM celebration bears the theme ‘Meaningful change for Bangsamoro women can happen,’ which is anchored on the national theme: ‘We can make change work for women.”
During the program, ARMM Executive Secretary Laisa Masuhud Alamia said, Bangsamoro women can make meaningful change happen.
“Kapag hindi kikilos ang mga babae, walang meaningful change ang mangyayari,” Secretary Alamia said emphasizing the importance of women working in the government.
According to her, more than 50 percent of the teachers, educators in the ARMM are women and almost 3,000 of the employees of ARMM are also women.
The observance of Women’s month is pursuant to Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988 that gives due recognition to the contributions of Filipino women in the society specifically to inform and engage women as stakeholders of government programs and services; to create and facilitate platforms to discuss good practices, gaps, challenges, and commitments in pursuing gender and development (GAD); and to inspire and empower women and girls to be agents of change.
Source: BPI-ARMM
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