Presidential candidates Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Brother Eddie Villanueva JC De Los Reyes and independent Nicanor Perlas showed up at the “Paminaw sa Mindanaw (Listen to Mindanao)” forum held on April 16 at the Holy Cross College of Davao City. The Mindanao Commission on Women co-organized the forum along with eight other networks. (more…)
“For a change, during this election, let us not ask favors from our candidates. Let us not abuse them. Let us not make them corrupt.” This is one of the campaign lines of “Walang Hihingi,” the electoral campaign of the Ehem Anticorruption Program spearheaded by the Society of Jesus. MCW, which is part of the Ehem network, is supporting the campaign and running it Mindanao-wide.
Mindanao women leaders will converge in Davao City, February 4-5, for the Kamindanawan 2010. They will decide on actions that will ensure women’s interests and leadership are taken into serious consideration in the challenges currently facing Mindanao. (more…)
“Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge to speak out against violence towards women.” Irene M. Santiago, chair and CEO of the Mindanao Commission on Women, pins a white ribbon on Police Sr. Supt. Benelito A. Bianzon during the observation of the White Ribbon Campaign held from November 25 – December 10, 2009. The PNP Regional Office XI gave full support to the activity organized by MCW and the Integrated Gender and Development Office (IGDO) of Davao City. About 320 PNP members including civilian employees of PNP attended the activity held in Camp Catitipan, Davao City on December 4.
No words can describe the bestial acts perpetrated yesterday in Maguindanao against civilians, mostly women. Together with the group were two sisters and the wife of Esmael Mangudadatu, Vice Mayor of Buluan town, who were on their way to file his certificate of candidacy as provincial governor of Maguindanao when they were attacked in broad daylight. They were murdered in cold blood and there were reports that some of the women were also sexually violated, in a senseless massacre that will go down in the annals of this country’s history as the worst election-related violence. If unarmed women, lawyers and journalists are not safe, who is safe? (more…)
“Women should support women running for public office. But not just any woman. Women we support must be steeped in notions of social justice, human rights and gender equality. ” said Irene M. Santiago, chair and CEO of the Mindanao Commission on Women during the National Women’s Summit held recently at Miriam College, Quezon City. (more…)
“You are a demanding movement and there is no turning back.” UN Undersecretary General Noeleen Heyzer said this in her keynote speech delivered during the opening program of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15 to the applause of more than 500 participants. (October 22 to 24 at the Miriam College, Manila.) “Women have learned to blend challenge with joy and commitment towards freedom from want, fear and discrimination,” added Heyzer. She is also the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Executive Secretary.
Irene M. Santiago, Leticia Ramos Shahani, Noeleen Heyzer, Patricia Licuanan at the opening of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15
Flanking Heyzer in this photo are three Filipino feminists who held top positions in UN conferences and NGO fora for women: Irene M. Santiago (MCW CEO and Chair) as executive director of the NGO Forum on Women in Beijing 1995; Leticia Ramos Shahani, the secretary general of the 1985 World Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya; and (more…)
The Mindanao Commission on Women and the Mothers for Peace Movement strongly urge the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to act on a concern made by the UN Security Council over women’s continued “under-representation in formal peace processes.” (more…)
We, members of the Mindanao Commission on Women and the Mothers for Peace Movement in Mindanao, share the nation’s grief over the tragedy brought about by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” that wrought such havoc on the lives of thousands of our people. We feel the pain of mothers who have lost husbands, children and other family members in the devastation. (more…)
Mothers for Peace General Santos City held a conference on pro-women laws and bills on July 11-12, 2009. Led by City Councilor Lourdes Casabuena and Bebe-i Gonzales, members of the MCW Area Core Group, the activity helped strengthen their peace work through knowledge of existing legislation on women.
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