GADCC Press Conference
on Women’s Month Celebration
People’s Hall, City Hall
Doongan, Butuan City
on Women’s Month Celebration
People’s Hall, City Hall
Doongan, Butuan City
March 2, 2009
Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) Vice-Chairperson and Chairman of Forward Filipina Edna Hontiveros (left), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Chona Mantilla (center), GADCC Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marilyn Pintor serve as resource speakers during the taping of “Caraga in Focus”, a TV program of PIA-Caraga. The episode showcased the celebration of Women’s Month. Also in photo are members of the local tri-media with PIA staff. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
GADCC Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marilyn Pintor (extreme right) cites the legal mandates of the Women’s Month Celebration during the taping of “Caraga in Focus”, a TV program of PIA-Caraga held at the Butuan City Hall. Atty. Pintor said that Proclamation No. 224 declares 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. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Chona Mantilla (center) emphasizes the roles and importance of women in nation-building during the taping of PIA’s TV program “Caraga in Focus” held at Butuan City Hall. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) Vice-Chairperson and Forward Filipina Chairman Edna Hontiveros (left) pointed out that men and women are equal and should be partners in all the endeavors, during the taping of “Caraga in Focus”, a TV program of PIA-Caraga at the Butuan City Hall recently. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Members of the tri-media in Butuan City are shown here as panel of interviewers in PIA-Caraga TV program “Caraga in Focus” featuring the Women’s Month Celebration spearheaded by the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC). Also in photo are GADCC Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marilyn Pintor; GADCC Vice-Chairperson Edna Hontiveros of Forward Flipina; and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Chona Mantilla. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Shown in photo are the resource speakers (seated) on the Women’s Month Celebration with the tri-media and PIA-Caraga personnel as panel of interviewers, held recently during the taping of PIA’s program “Caraga in Focus” which is aired in two cable stations in Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
