MCW’s CEO Irene M. Santiago conducted training on integrating a gender perspective in peace and conflict to a group of peace monitors belonging to the International Monitoring Team. The one-day seminar was held at the IMT headquarters in Cotabato City on October 6. Among the topics discussed were the following: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security and Philippine National Action Plan; Sex and Gender; Ambivalent Sexism Inventory; Gender and Peace; What a Gender Perspective Involves or Does Not Involve; Elements of a Gender Perspective; and Do No Harm. (more…)
Pinang Dan and Marawiya are “bakwits,” a local term for internally displaced persons, from Datu Piang, Maguindanao. Like many residents, they fled their villages at the height of military offensives against three Moro Islamic Liberation Front commanders in 2008. More than half of the “bakwits” were women who often become the breadwinners ensuring their families survival.
The stories of Pinang and Marawiya are among those featured in a recent video produced by the Mindanao Commission on Women. The video also shows the various initiatives done by Mindanao women in ensuring their participation and representation during formal peace negotiations and the protection of women’s human rights during conflict. Click on the link to watch the video:
Women leaders from all over the country met in Davao to dialogue with United Nations officials during the “Open Days on Women, Peace and Security” held on September 6. UN Women and UNDP sponsored the two-day event with the Mindanao Commission on Women and the Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) of Miriam College. (more…)
An ordinance adopting and implementing the UN Security Resolution 1325 and the Philippine National Action Plan is now being pushed for legislation in several local legislative bodies in Mindanao. MCW is currently advocating the enactment of the ordinance through its Area Core Groups. Among the key features of the ordinance are the creation of a “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS) unit within the Gender and Development focal offices in coordination with the local Peace and Order Councils. The units are tasked to ensure documentation, monitoring and reporting of WPS cases, particularly gender-based violence in times of conflict; and coordination with the agencies to ensure timely delivery of services for women in all stages of conflict.
“What makes a peace agreement gender-sensitive? What provisions should be crafted to ensure that a peace agreement integrate a gender perspective? How do we lobby for the inclusion of gender perspectives?” These were among the topics discussed by key women peace advocates during a workshop hosted by MCW on June 9. The workshop, entitled “Integrating Gender Provisions in the Peace Agreement,” was held at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao City. (more…)
On May 17-18, 2010, the Mindanao Commission on Women spearheaded a meeting among Mindanao institutions regarding the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security. The NAP was embodied in an Executive Order signed in March 2010 to implement the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The meeting was aimed at (more…)
Irene M. Santiago and six other awardees were cited as Mindanao peace champions in a kanduli (thanksgiving) night hosted by the UN-sponsored ACT for Peace Programme on December 6, 2010, in Davao City. (more…)
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MCW was established in 2001 as an NGO by Mindanao women leaders. Its mission is to influence public policy and public opinion. It advocates for a Mindanao peace and development agenda from a women’s perspective. Area Core Groups across Mindanao give MCW the ability to influence local, Mindanao and national issues. The Mothers for Peace movement is its grassroots base.
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MCW’s CEO Irene M. Santiago conducted training on integrating a gender perspective in peace and conflict to a group of peace monitors belonging to the International Monitoring Team. The one-day seminar was held at the IMT headquarters in Cotabato City on October 6. Among the topics discussed were the following: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security and Philippine National Action Plan; Sex and Gender; Ambivalent Sexism Inventory; Gender and Peace; What a Gender Perspective Involves or Does Not Involve; Elements of a Gender Perspective; and Do No Harm. (more…)
