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The document summarizes the 2017 National Women's Month celebration held by DENR-EMB CALABARZON. As part of the celebration, the regional office provided free blood pressure monitoring, fasting blood sugar testing, and eye exams for women employees and visitors. The celebration aimed to recognize women's contributions to society and empower them to engage as stakeholders in government programs. It also sought to discuss practices and challenges around gender equality to strengthen implementation of the Magna Carta for Women, which promotes women's empowerment and participation in development efforts.

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Womens Month Article PDF

The document summarizes the 2017 National Women's Month celebration held by DENR-EMB CALABARZON. As part of the celebration, the regional office provided free blood pressure monitoring, fasting blood sugar testing, and eye exams for women employees and visitors. The celebration aimed to recognize women's contributions to society and empower them to engage as stakeholders in government programs. It also sought to discuss practices and challenges around gender equality to strengthen implementation of the Magna Carta for Women, which promotes women's empowerment and participation in development efforts.

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2017 NATIONAL WOMEN’S

MONTH CELEBRATION
DENR - EMB CALABARZON MARCH 29, 2017

Blood Pressure
Monitoring

”We Make Change, Work For Women”


Every month of March marks the worldwide celebration of National Women’s
Month. DENR-EMB CALABARZON joined the celebration thru conduct of
Gender Mainstreaming activities in the Regional Office such as Blood
Pressure Monitoring, Fasting Blood Sugar Extraction and Eye Refraction
Check-up. These offerings which are especially meant for the women in the
Office and walk-in clientele were given free for those who availed the
services. Fasting Blood
Sugar
March is also
Quotes about women Extraction
observance of
“A woman is like a tea bag, you’ll International Women’s
never know how strong she is Day with this year
until she gets in hot water” theme:”Be Bold For
- Eleanor Roosevelt Change.”

Eye Refraction
Check-up

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DENR - EMB CALABARZON MARCH 29, 2017

Elements of the theme members of the private sector, the academe,


non-government organizations, or as private
• WE stands for Women’ Empowerment –
individuals can be partners for a change that is
empowering women enables them to confidently
gender-responsive. It emphasizes our collective
and meaningfully engage with appropriate
effort, collaboration and participation to ensure
institutions to ensure that they contribute to and
that women will not be left behind in the pursuit
benefit from development and changes. Thus,
of change.
women’s empowerment will make the change
The theme emphasizes that women should be
that we are espousing or any development effort
active drivers in bringing about positive
responsive of women’s concerns.
changes, and that they should also reap from
• Make Change Work = MCW = Magna Carta
development efforts. This can be made possible
of Women – making change work for women
by empowering women – enabling them to
necessitates strengthening the implementation
meaningfully engage with other development
of the MCW at all levels. It means putting in
stakeholders, and by fully implementing the
place functional mechanisms as well as
MCW. source:http://pcw.gov.ph/womenmakechange
implementing and making known to citizens,
programs and services that address strategic
gender needs of women.
• Change – also means Compassionate and
Harmonized Actions and Networks for Gender
Equality.
• We / us or “kami / tayo” in Filipino – who is
going to pave the way for an enabling
environment for women to be empowered? Who
is going to ensure that the MCW is implemented
at all levels? Who is going to make change work
for women? It all of us, in our various capacities
whether as government officials and employees,

OBJECTIVES OF THE WOMEN’S MONTH CELEBRATION


Consistent with Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988, the annual conduct of the National Women’s Month
Celebration (NWMC) aims to give due recognition to the contributions of Filipino women in our society.

Specifically, 2017 celebration aims to:

1. inform and engage women as stakeholders of


government programs and services to promote citizen-
centric governance and make “change” a conscious
effort to know, understand, and provide what ALL
citizens need;

2. create and facilitate platforms to discuss good


practices, gaps, challenges, and commitments in
pursuing gender and development (GAD) – to strengthen
implementation of the Magna Carta of Women; and

3. inspire and empower women and girls to be agents


of change – to contribute in promoting gender equality
and the empowerment of all women.

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