{"id":238137,"date":"2019-11-22T21:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T02:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238137"},"modified":"2019-11-22T21:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T02:31:31","slug":"drive-vs-sexual-harassment-rape-to-roll-out-in-naga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/22\/drive-vs-sexual-harassment-rape-to-roll-out-in-naga\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive vs. sexual harassment, rape to roll out in Naga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RespetoNamanPH\/photos\/a.359773881441478\/581809845904546\/?type=3&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD2Gpz2TALGKlIqN5RSyAxEU3TGoGd4aHQLmF0kS9X87oV8q9NpngQoGKT7iD7_1s2acCV7Unki5xiGOOd1zwty_a-cFC_YZ0iefIRYkhgPvQuZx9hpo-tc9AvEzJYF24-WhQqCO1df5TMTU22oK6rgFMxsZzr6fFZ9v0b0Aoioa_15qzVWXh-NsTt99Br3qkX4kB4s3A0kJrwfrxHIGXTpBt2Ph8j71I-4XW07EQX9KKTgT527Wig2VlCsH11ZUfpxfbBDOdWDHFA7uGoeUudMyUBLtV2FosSll_qEYoK6GZAFbshny_Sh1dMng-stlw47eeLy5Kk8MaoMtHuGn6Q&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RespetoNamanPH\/photos\/a.359773881441478\/581809845904546\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>#RespetoNamanNovember 25-December 12, 201918 Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RespetoNamanPH\/\">RespetoNaman<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RespetoNamanPH\/photos\/a.359773881441478\/581809845904546\/?type=3\">Monday, November 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The\u00a0<em>Respeto Naman<\/em>\u00a0campaign which advocates against sexual harassment is marking its first-year anniversary this month and will soon roll out in Naga City, the Swedish Embassy in Manila announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The nationwide campaign #RespetoNaman is marking its first year of raising awareness and working towards the end of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Philippines. For this milestone, #RespetoNaman will be bringing the conversation to Naga City, through the #DontTellThemHowToDress exhibit,&#8221; the embassy said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Respeto Naman campaign is a collaboration among the Embassy of Sweden in the Philippines, SPARK! Philippines, the Office of Vice President Leni Robredo, the United Nations, Empower, Terre des Hommes through Girls Advocacy Alliance, and\u00a0<em>Para sa Sining<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It focuses on the issues of rape and sexual harassment and has been launched in different parts of the country, including Metro Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, and Dumaguete.<\/p>\n<p>One component of the movement is the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tell Them How To Dress&#8221; exhibit which features the stories of GBV victims, as well as educational forums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this campaign, we aim to give advocates of gender equality and victims the support and encouragement they need to speak up against sexual harassment and gender-based violence,&#8221; Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also want to strengthen prevention mechanisms through education and discourse on misogynistic attitudes that lead to violence against women,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The envoy noted that the campaign has been \u201cinstrumental\u201d in the embassy\u2019s advocacy of eliminating GBV.<\/p>\n<p>In its second year, SPARK! executive director Maica Teves, meanwhile, said the movement will focus on an action-based approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the coming year we\u2019re gearing towards a more action-oriented approach, focusing on working with communities to create sustainable, and lasting solutions to end violence in the Philippines,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#RespetoNamanNovember 25-December 12, 201918 Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children Posted by RespetoNaman on&nbsp;Monday, November 18, 2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":225576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238138,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238137\/revisions\/238138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}