DSWD supports businesses of Mandaue women

07/29/2016

The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gave a total of P505,740 to the two women’s groups in Mandaue City to start their own businesses. The 24-member group from Barangay…

Gendered terrain of disaster

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/09/2016

Women are especially hard-hit by the social impacts of environmental disasters. Global forces and social changes placing more people at greater risk of disaster also disproportionately impact women. Women are particularly vulnerable because they have fewer resources…

Trafficking raps against two women

Izobelle T. Pulgo 06/26/2016

Charges of trafficking and illegal recruitment were elevated in court against a female recruiter accused of exploiting four women, three of them Cebuanas, at her home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office issued a…

Duterte rape joke violated Magna Carta of Women – CHR

05/26/2016

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday ruled that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte violated the Magna Carta of Women when he gave a controversial comment on the rape and killing of an Australian missionary. The…

Over 170 get cervical cancer screenings

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

A TOTAL of 172 women from the different barangays in Cebu City received free cervical cancer screenings at the City Central School on Sunday morning. The activity was conducted by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS),…

23 women finish beauty course

05/17/2016

TWENTY-THREE mothers and young ladies have recently completed the Beauty Care Skills Training Program organized by Kepco SPC Power Corp. (KSPC) through the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) program. The month-long activity conducted by an…

Yield, Bongbong urged

Carmel Loise Matus 05/12/2016

Groups backing Liberal Party vice presidential candidate and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo called on Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to concede yesterday. Lawyer Levi Wee of Cebu for Leni told reporters that Marcos’s allegation that Robredo…

Women’s groups to present agenda to Duterte

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/02/2016

PRESIDENTIAL candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will be presented with a list of programs to improve women’s welfare by a multi-sectoral alliance of women’s groups at a Cebu City hotel this afternoon. The Forum on Women…

Group launched to protect women’s rights

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/01/2016

Recognizing the lack of women representation in government structures, a group of organizations decided to form a network to improve the role of women, especially in disaster and emergency management. The Women in Emergency Network (WENet), which…

5th AWUM Ultra Marathon blasts off Saturday with 250 runners

Glendale G. Rosal 03/09/2016

THE FIFTH edition of the annual All-Women’s Ultra Marathon (AWUM) will unfold this Saturday starting at the Senior Citizens’ Plaza and finishing at the Il Corso in the South Road Properties. The running event will feature 250…

Violence against women, children rises

Apple Ta-as 03/03/2016

POVERTY and unemployment are still the top causes  of the increasing violence against women and children in Cebu City. “Every now and then, we have been trying to reach out to various barangays in Cebu City to…

Make church leadership open to women

Juli Ann M. Sibi 01/28/2016

Women should play a more active leadership role in the Church. This was the message of Georgian Ambassador Tamara Grdzelidze’s session with over 1,500 delegates to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). Grdzelidze said that the Church…

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