3.12.2013

RDC-GADCC: Women's Month Celebration 2013 Kick-off Ceremony held in Butuan City



Sr Insp. Ray Antonio Restauro of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Caraga announces that the month of March is considered Fire Prevention Month of every year since this month has recorded several fire incidents. Restauro also stated that BFP is continuously conducting information dissemination to the public on the prevention of fire everywhere. (GMC/PIA-Caraga)



Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth Famacion acknowledges the existence of the women in all walks of life who are striving hard and gets involved in the political arena and good governance, held recently during the kick-off ceremony of this year’s Women’s Month celebration, held recently at the Guingona Park, Butuan City. (GMC/PIA-Caraga)



Members of the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) Caraga from the government agencies, non-government organizations, academe, and other stakeholders are shown here actively participating in the ‘Hataw’ exercise during the kick-off ceremony of this year’s Women’s Month celebration, held recently at the Guingona Park, Butuan City. (GMC/PIA-Caraga)



As the Women’s Month celebration kicked-off on March 1, members of the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) Caraga from the government agencies, non-government organizations, academe, and other stakeholders are shown here grouped in four sub-committees wearing shirts colored green, purple, red, and pink during the Fun Walk activity from the Agusan del Norte Provincial Capitol going to Guingona Park, Butuan City. The subcommittees are: VAWC, Institutionalization of GAD and Gender and Governance, Gender and Health Environment, and Gender and Poverty. (GMC/PIA-Caraga)



Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin Pintor expresses her warm thanks to all government agencies and partner-stakeholders for their full support and participation to Women's Month activities. She also bares that President Aquino recently highlighted the milestones of women's participation in the Bangsamoro Agreement. "We are now assured that more women are already involved in the political arena and peace-making. Women’s participation in good governance is now a reality," she said. (GMC/PIA-Caraga)