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Sec. Alcala and Remmy Rikken

From GREAT to GREATer: DA and PCW seal agreement on women’s economic empowerment

Department of Agriculture and Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) seal agreement on women's economic empowerment. The PCW-DA partnership replicates PCW’s Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT Women) Project supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) since 2006 and scheduled to culminate next year.

May 18, 2012
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Emmeline Verzosa

PCW top official urges 2012 UPCHE graduates: "Live to shine!"

PCW Executive Director Emmeline L. Verzosa, in her Commencement Speech to the graduates of the UP Diliman College of Home Economics held on the 21st of April at the campus' Cine Adarna Theater, called-on the graduates to “live to shine”. Dir. Verzosa urged the students “to radiate and give of yourself wherever the path leads you as you embark on the next journey in your career and family life”. The PCW family would like to share Dir. Verzosa's well-lauded speech.

May 17, 2012
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Rage for RH: Rally against Gender Discrimination, for Women’s Empowerment!

"Winasak mo ang aming sinapupunan, sinira mo ang aming kinabukasan, sinaktan mo ang aming kalooban" was chanted during the short play presented by several members of the Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN).

Apr 3, 2012
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UN Expert Pramila Patten

UN rights expert point to protection of women in conflict situations

Many countries have not been able to report on the status of women in conflict situations,” reveals Pramila Patten, United Nations (UN) expert on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Mar 30, 2012
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2012 Women’s Summit in Cebu

PCW Chairperson Remmy Rikken (standing center, in red) joins the representatives of the Persons with Disability sector during the 2012 Women’s Summit held in UP Cebu on March 21, 2012.

Mar 23, 2012
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  • Women's Priority Legislative Agenda
  • Gender-Responsive Governance
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  • Women's Economic Empowerment
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