Gender-based violence and laws for the protection of women and children
CWEARC is pleased to share to the public its latest IEC material entitled Ingay sa Katahimikan: gender-based violence and laws for the protection of women and children produced by the second batch of dedicated BA Communication interns from the University of the Cordilleras (UC). This IEC project is a continuation of CWEARC's partnership with the UC-College of Arts and Sciences.
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 defenders’ rights.Photo Credits: PNFSP
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 Communication interns from the University of the Cordilleras (UC), with whom CWEARC had the pleasure of working with. The project is part of the institutional partnership of CWEARC with the UC-College of Arts and Sciences. The interns optimized the Tiktok application for these IEC materials, which you can find in the following...
Defending the Rights of the People, Women and Children
“If we stop defending our rights because of fear from the harassments and intimidation being perpetrated by state security forces upon us then we might as well be dead.” This was a statement by one of the women leaders who attended the Women Human Rights Defenders training workshop for Cordillera women held on September 9 to 10 in Diliman, Quezon City. Spearheaded by Cordillera Womens Education Action Research Center (CWEARC) and Innabuyog, 60 women leaders and organizers from the six Cordillera provinces gathered together in the training workshop who vowed to safeguard and protect their...
Tanglag rice mill: A symbol of indigenous peasant women’s empowerment
Empowered are the indigenous peasant women of Sitio Liglig, Tanglag in Lubuagan, Kalinga who have defined and asserted their role in their community’s development through a socio-economic project despite the reality where there is low regard to women in their tribal community. Sitio Liglig is a tribal community where men are recognize as the ones working for the betterment of the village. It was even a taboo for this community that a woman participates in community decision making and discussions during meetings. Just like most of the tribal communities in the Cordillera, women are just...
Changing the lives of Mabaca indigenous peasants and women through the power from water
Rice mill and cooperative is the most requested project in the remote areas in the Cordillera region where rice is the primary crop. This is because shortage is often experienced given the situation that rice farms are limited to about 0.2 hectares per family in the Cordillera interiors. Most of the communities produce rice once a year thus, it is only able to produce the rice needs of the family from 2-4 months. There is rice shortage but at the same time there is a need for a rice mill. Farmers’ organizations, especially women see the rice mill as a tool to unburden them from the...