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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – The city government is joining the campaign to end violence against women (VAW) from Nov. 25 to Dec. 12.
Sponsored by the Gender and Development Council, the campaign was launched at the Bacolod City Government Center (city hall) lobby on Friday.
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran insisted that laws protecting women exist.
“These laws exist not because women are weaker [than men] but because [they] are susceptible to abuses due to their patience, fortitude and forbearance to preserve relationships,” said Familiaran.
City hall has lined up activities through Councilor Cindy Rojas, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on gender and women.
They include livelihood training on Nov. 28 to 29 at the city hall lobby, and a gender and sensitivity training on Dec. 1 and 2 at city hall annex and Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall, respectively.
A forum on Role of Women in Times of Calamities will be held Dec. 5 to 6 at city hall annex, while an on-the-spot slogan-making contest will be held on Dec. 7. There will be a health camp on Dec. 9 and Women’s Got Talent on Dec. 12 at SM City Bacolod Event Center.
The Philippine Commission on Women said the 18-day campaign to end VAW covers the International Day Against Violence Against Women on Nov. 25 and the International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10 “to emphasize that [VAW] is a human rights violation.”
On the other hand, Dec. 12 marks the adoption of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Crime.
At yesterday’s launch, participants signed a covenant to stop VAW. They also joined a “Zumba-baye” where they were encouraged to wear anything colored orange, said to be the color of hope for women./PN
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