“Paminaw sa Mindanaw:” Presidential candidates bare views on “women and peace” issues

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…)

MCW coordinator vows to pass gender code if elected

anita_secson_2MCW  Iligan area core group coordinator Anita Sescon who is running for councilor in Iligan City will be working for the adoption of the Gender and Development Code if elected. She also vowed to craft policies that will mitigate disasters and institutionalize a culture of peace.

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“Walang Hihingi” campaign

Walang Hihingi!

“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.

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