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Staff participate in Action Research and Food Defenders Training
CWEARC staff participated in the Food Defenders Training organized by the Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) Inc. The said training aimed to build the capacity of PNFSP partners and members in action research, campaigns and advocacy on food...
CWEARC joins SWDL Network
CWEARC participated in the Learning Conversation organized by the DSWD Social Welfare and Development Learning Network (SWDL-Net). SWDL-Net is a learning network providing relevant and accessible social welfare and development capacity building programs. The network’s...
Advocacy Publications
The following advocacy publications by CWEARC are still available: Kali: Voice of Cordillera Women (Volume XIII No.1, December 2020). Cordillera Women’s Perseverance in the Struggle for Ancestral Land, Rights and Dignity (A Women’s Anthology of Poems, Songs and...
Staff participate in the OIO PMERLA workshops
The Cordillera Women’s Education, Action Research Center (CWEARC Inc) and its partners participated in the series of Change-Oriented Project Cycle workshops (OIO Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Learning and Accountability) organized and facilitated...
Interns produce an IEC on Magna Carta of Women
As part of its continuing public advocacy on women’s rights, CWEARC released a series of IEC materials online on salient provisions of the Magna Carta of Women or Republic Act 9710. The IEC materials were developed by the first batch of creative and energetic BA...
False Accusations, Persecution and Imprisonment of Indigenous Women
Rachel Mariano and Betty Belen, indigenous women and human rights advocates share their incarceration stories due to trumped-up charges and evidence. The cause of their persecution is clear: they defend their ancestral lands. Because of their activities, their...
Urban Gardening: Growing Herbs and Vegetables
I started urban gardening many years ago by planting several vegetables, herbs and ornamentals using both practical and traditional knowledge and experimenting. Growing up in the province exposed me to gardening—I do not hesitate to hold and mix the soil for pots and...
Gardening in the time of a pandemic: Baguio’s urban vegetable lifeline
The health crisis and imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) unmasked not only the shortcomings in the Philippines’ health system but also exposed the urgency of addressing issues in food security. The...