The government instituted the women’s month celebration through Proclamation No. 224, “Declaring the First Week of March of Every Year as Women’s Week and March 8, 1988 and Every Year Thereafter as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day.” Proclamation No. 227, “Providing for the observance of the Month of March as ‘Women’s Role in History Month’ was also signed on March 17, 1988. Two years after, R.A. 6949, “An Act to Declare March Eight of Every Year as a Working Special Holiday to be Known as National Women’s Day was signed on April 10, 1990. More. . .
Two (2) batches of participants have undergone Re-echo Training on Harmonized GAD Guidelines. The training for the first batch was held on June 4-5, 2007 at Makiling Highlands Resort, Calamba Laguna while that for the second batch was held on October 4-5, 2007 at Fontana Resort Clark Pampanga. More...
As part of the Department’s work-life balance initiatives, the DENR National Gender and Development Focal Point System conducted a 2-day program on Effective Communication for married couples who are both working at DENR on January 31-February 1, 2008 held at Ciudad Christhia Resort, San Mateo, Rizal. More...
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The Department through the National Gender and Development Focal Point System will be implementing three (3) Projects under the auspices of Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)- GREAT Women Project (Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women Project) in CY 2008-2010. More...
