{"id":168133,"date":"2018-06-28T01:19:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T05:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168133"},"modified":"2018-06-28T01:19:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T05:19:33","slug":"over-100-asean-delegates-attend-ph-led-gender-mainstreaming-confab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/28\/over-100-asean-delegates-attend-ph-led-gender-mainstreaming-confab\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 ASEAN delegates attend PH-led gender mainstreaming confab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ASEAN GENDER MAINSTREAMING.<\/strong> (From left) H.E. Lim Jock Hoi of ASEAN Secretariat; Civil Service Commission Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala; Philippine Commission on Women Chairperson Rhodora M. Bucoy; Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Florita Villar; and Office of the Cabinet Secretary Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil-Mercado; pose during the Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Sectoral Bodies held at Dusit Thani Manila in Makati City on Wednesday (June 27, 2018). (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— More than a hundred senior officials from the region and different sectoral bodies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) participated in a Philippine-led conference, which is focused on establishing more gender-responsive policies and programs in the region.<\/p>\n

The three-day \u201cSenior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Sectoral Bodies\u201d officially opened at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Emmeline Verzosa, Executive Director of the Philippine Commission on Women, said holding the event in Manila sends a message that the country is committed to advance gender equality in the region.<\/p>\n

“We want all the different (ASEAN) sectoral bodies, who are classified according to issues, to open their minds to really sign their projects so that they can incorporate a gender perspective,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s the first time that we brought together representatives from all 10 ASEAN member-states from at least 12 sectoral bodies,” she added.<\/p>\n

“It’s the first of its kind, and I think not just in the Philippines but also in ASEAN. Here we invited everyone to influence each other.”<\/p>\n

The conference was organized by ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), through its Philippine focal point, PCW. The initiative was part of the three-part series of conferences to support the development and implementation of gender mainstreaming initiatives across all sectoral bodies in the three ASEAN pillars.<\/p>\n

One of the event’s highlights was the launching of the progress report on women’s rights and gender equality.<\/p>\n

According to Versoza, this report was also the first of its kind at the ASEAN level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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