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Keeping you informed of the latest updates on the City of Pasigโ€™s initiatives in advancing gender equality, womenโ€™s empowerment, disability rights, and social inclusion toward a safe, just, equitable, and inclusive society for all.

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  '๐ฒ๐š๐ง, ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐š๐ง, ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ง๐š๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ค๐๐š ๐ค๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐š. Ang bawat miyembro ...
25/08/2026

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  '๐ฒ๐š๐ง, ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐š๐ง, ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ง๐š๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ค๐๐š ๐ค๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐š. Ang bawat miyembro ng pamilya ay may karapatang mapakinggan at magkaroon ng bahagi sa mga desisyong nakaaapekto sa kanilang buhay.

๐–๐‘๐Ž๐๐† ๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐๐† โ€“ ๐๐š๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ง๐š๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง? ๐ˆ๐ค๐š๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ข., ay maaaring maging nakasasakit dahil ipinahihiwatig nito na ang pagiging lalaki ay sapat nang dahilan upang magkaroon ng higit na kapangyarihan sa pagpapasya. Nakaugat ito sa paniniwalang ang lalaki ang natural na decision-maker sa pamilya, habang ang ibang miyembro ay inaasahang sumunod.

Sa realidad, ang kakayahang magdesisyon ay hindi nakukuha dahil lamang sa kasarian. Ang mabuting pagpapasya ay nakabatay sa kaalaman, karanasan, pag-unawa sa sitwasyon, at kakayahang makinig sa pangangailangan ng bawat isa. Sa loob ng pamilya, maaaring magkaiba ang pananaw at responsibilidad ng bawat miyembro, ngunit hindi nangangahulugang mas mahalaga ang boses ng isa dahil lamang siya ay lalaki.

Mahalaga rin ang pagkakaroon ng shared decision-making sa isang relasyon. Para sa mga usaping may epekto sa buong pamilya, mula sa pinansyal na desisyon, pagpapalaki ng anak, gawaing bahay, hanggang sa mahahalagang personal na desisyon, mas makabuluhan ang pag-uusap at pagkakasundo kaysa sa pagkakaroon ng isang taong kailangang laging masunod.

Remember, leadership at home is not about who has the final say. It is about listening, communicating, taking responsibility, and making decisions together.

Ang respeto ay hindi tungkol sa kung sino ang masusunod. Ito ay tungkol sa pagbibigay-halaga sa boses ng bawat isa.

Ano mang oras, saan man naroroon, .

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ...
24/08/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐Ÿคฑ

The month of August is observed as National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10028, otherwise known as the โ€œExpanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009.โ€ The law promotes breastfeeding and recognizes the importance of creating an environment that enables and supports mothers to breastfeed.

While only mothers can produce breast milk, breastfeeding should not be treated as a responsibility that mothers have to carry alone. Fathers, partners, and other family members can provide encouragement, share household responsibilities, care for the baby, and help create a supportive environment for the mother throughout her breastfeeding journey.

Letโ€™s challenge the belief that breastfeeding is solely a motherโ€™s responsibility. The biological act may be the motherโ€™s, but supporting her can and should be a shared responsibility among fathers, partners, families, workplaces, and communities.

Letโ€™s build families and communities where breastfeeding mothers are supported, fathers and partners are actively involved, and caregiving is shared rather than defined by gender.

GAD MANDATE | ๐Š๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐ง๐  ๐•๐€๐–๐‚ ๐š๐ญ ๐ค๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฉ๐š-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐š ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž, ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐š...
20/08/2026

GAD MANDATE | ๐Š๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐ง๐  ๐•๐€๐–๐‚ ๐š๐ญ ๐ค๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฉ๐š-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐š ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž, ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐จ, ๐ฆ๐š๐š๐š๐ซ๐ข ๐ค๐š๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ -๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฐ ๐ง๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž.

Alinsunod sa Republic Act No. 9262 o Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act, ang isang babaeng empleyado na biktima ng Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) ay may karapatang mag-avail ng hanggang sampung (10) araw na paid leave upang matugunan ang mga kinakailangang hakbang kaugnay ng karahasang kanyang naranasan.

Ang leave na ito ay maaaring gamitin para sa mga legal, medical, psychological, o iba pang kinakailangang serbisyo, kabilang ang pagdalo sa mga hearing, pagkuha ng medical o psychological services, at iba pang hakbang o proseso para sa kaligtasan at kapakanan ng biktima.

Mahalagang tandaan: ang VAWC leave ay hindi isang pribilehiyong maaaring ipagkait o ibigay lamang kapag nais ng employer. Ito ay isang karapatang itinatadhana ng batas para sa mga kwalipikadong biktima. Hindi rin ito kapalit o bahagi ng maternity leave. Layunin nitong bigyan ang biktima ng sapat na panahon upang harapin ang mga epekto ng karahasan at makagawa ng mga hakbang para sa kanyang proteksyon, without having to choose between her safety and her livelihood.

Kung ikaw ay biktima ng VAWC at nangangailangan ng VAWC leave, maaari kang humingi ng tulong at kumuha ng mga kaukulang dokumento mula sa mga awtoridad o service providers na tumutugon sa iyong kaso. Hindi dapat maging hadlang ang trabaho sa iyong paghingi ng proteksyon, hustisya, at suporta.

Para sa iba pang katanungan tungkol sa mga batas na nagtataguyod ng proteksyon laban sa gender-based violence, maaaring magpadala ng mensahe sa Pasig City GAD Legal and Special Concerns Division sa [email protected].




IN PHOTOS | ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐  ๐‡๐Ž๐๐„ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐žMata...
20/08/2026

IN PHOTOS | ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐  ๐‡๐Ž๐๐„ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž

Matagumpay na isinagawa noong ika-3 ng Agosto 2026 sa Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig ang Training on Gender-Fair Language: The Whys, The Whats, and The Hows. Layunin nito na palakasin ang kaalaman at kamalayan ng mga kawani ng Pasig City Hope Medical Center (PHMC) sa kahalagahan ng paggamit ng gender-fair, gender-sensitive, at inclusive language sa kanilang pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga pasyente, kapuwa kawani, at iba pang stakeholders.

Humigit-kumulang 50 medical professionals at hospital staff mula sa ibaโ€™t ibang bahagi ng pasilidad - kabilang ang nursing staff, administrative personnel, allied health professionals, at medical specialists - ang lumahok sa pagsasanay. Dito ay lumalim ang kanilang pag-unawa sa epekto ng wika sa paghubog ng perceptions, attitudes, at interpersonal relationships sa loob ng healthcare setting.

Nagsilbing resource person si Mr. Ronnie M. Baldos, Division Chief ng GAD Planning, Coordinating, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division. Nagbahagi siya ng kaalaman at mga praktikal na halimbawa upang higit na maunawaan ng mga kalahok ang kahalagahan ng paggamit ng mga salitang may paggalang, inklusibo, at malaya mula sa mga ideya ng gender stereotypes at biases sa pagbibigay ng serbisyo.

Tampok sa pagsasanay ang โ€œRewrite Roomโ€ activity, kung saan sama-samang nirebisa ng mga kalahok ang mga biased medical statements tungo sa gender-neutral equivalents, gayundin ang scenario-based case studies at SOGIESC Matching Game upang higit na mapalalim ang kanilang pag-unawa sa s*x, gender, at SOGIESC. Bahagi din ng talakayan ang mga pangunahing konsepto ng Gender Awareness, gayundin ang mga international at national GAD-related legal commitments.

Higit pa sa pagdaragdag ng kaalaman, nagsilbi ang aktibidad bilang pagkakataon upang maiugnay ang GAD principles sa aktuwal na serbisyo ng PHMC. Lalo nitong pinatibay ang kakayahan ng mga kawani na maghatid ng serbisyong hindi lamang mahusay at propesyonal, kundi makatao, sensitibo, at may buong paggalang sa dignidad ng bawat pasyente at kawani.

Ang aktibidad na ito ay bahagi ng Gender and Development initiatives ng Pasig City Hope Medical Center bilang patuloy na hakbang sa pagsusulong ng gender-responsive healthcare services at inclusive workplace sa Lungsod ng Pasig.

ADVISORY | ๐€๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐€๐ƒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ.-We would like to info...
19/08/2026

ADVISORY | ๐€๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐€๐ƒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ.

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We would like to inform all researchers and scholars who submitted their abstracts for the 2026 GAD Research and Advocacy Conference that the submitted abstracts are currently under review.

The review process is being undertaken to ensure a thorough, fair, and substantive assessment of all submissions based on the conferenceโ€™s research themes, relevance to gender and development, methodological soundness, and potential contribution to GAD research and advocacy.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding as we undertake this process. There is no need to resubmit your abstract or take any further action at this time.

All researchers and scholars will be officially notified as soon as the screening and evaluation process has been completed and the list of qualified researchers has been finalized.

Please stay tuned for further announcements.

GADictionary | ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ.Ang ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ...
19/08/2026

GADictionary | ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ.

Ang ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ay tumutukoy sa mga hangganang itinatalaga ng isang tao upang ipahayag kung ano ang katanggap-tanggap at hindi katanggap-tanggap sa kaniyang katawan, damdamin, personal na espasyo, at pakikipag-ugnayan sa iba.

Sa ilalim ng Republic Act No. 11313 o Safe Spaces Act, kinikilala ang kahalagahan ng personal space, physical safety, at dignidad ng bawat tao. Sa Section 4, itinuturing na gender-based streets and public spaces s*xual harassment ang mga unwanted at uninvited s*xual actions, remarks, o advances, verbal man o pisikal, na nagbabanta sa sense of personal space at physical safety ng isang tao. Kaugnay nito, sa Section 11(a), ipinagbabawal ang mga salita, kilos, o aksyon na nagdudulot ng โ€œinvasion on a personโ€™s personal spaceโ€ o nagbabanta sa kaniyang personal safety, habang sa Section 16(b) at (c), kinikilala rin bilang gender-based s*xual harassment sa workplace ang mga unwelcome, unreasonable, offensive, pervasive, o intimidating na asal na nakaaapekto sa dignidad at kapakanan ng isang tao.

Tandaan: Ang limitasyon ay hindi kailangang ipaliwanag nang paulit-ulit upang ito ay igalang. Kapag sinabi ng isang tao na ayaw niya, hindi siya komportable, o nais niyang huminto, dapat itong kilalanin at respetuhin. Hindi kailangang magkaroon ng sigaw, pagtutol, o pisikal na paglayo bago natin igalang ang isang boundary.

Hindi nawawala ang karapatan ng isang tao sa kaniyang personal boundaries dahil lamang sa pagiging magkasintahan, mag-partner, mag-asawa, magkaibigan, o magkatrabaho. May karapatan ang bawat isa na magtakda ng hangganan, tumanggi, at baguhin ang kaniyang isip.

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐Ž๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“: ๐“๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐† ๐๐€๐๐€๐˜๐‹๐€๐, ๐๐€๐๐†-๐€๐€๐๐”๐’๐Žโ€™๐˜ ๐–๐€๐Š๐€๐’๐€๐The City Government of Pasig, through the Gender and Development...
18/08/2026

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐Ž๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“: ๐“๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐† ๐๐€๐๐€๐˜๐‹๐€๐, ๐๐€๐๐†-๐€๐€๐๐”๐’๐Žโ€™๐˜ ๐–๐€๐Š๐€๐’๐€๐

The City Government of Pasig, through the Gender and Development Department, joined the 2026 CODI Summit of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), held at the SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, Taguig City, on August 13, 2026, with the theme, "Tindig Babaylan, Pang-aabusoโ€™y Wakasan.โ€

The spirit of the Babaylan, often associated with strength, wisdom, leadership, and courage, reminds us that standing against abuse is something we all have a role in. We all have a part to play in creating spaces where people feel safe to speak up, where concerns are taken seriously, and where everyone is treated fairly.

The summit brought together government offices and stakeholders to share knowledge and strengthen efforts in preventing and addressing harassment and abuse in the workplace. It also emphasized that building safe and respectful workplaces goes beyond simply having policies in place. It requires systems that work, people who know how to respond, and leaders who are willing to listen, act, and uphold accountability.

Representing the City Government of Pasig were Mr. Jose Rey Q. Espina, Head of the Pasig City Gender and Development Department; Atty. Girly Grace D. Ongjoco, Division Chief of the GAD Legal and Special Concerns Division; and Ms. Salvacion Barnedo, Division Chief of the GAD Learning and Development Division.

๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ โ€œ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐žโ€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ...
18/08/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ โ€œ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐žโ€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. Ang bawat tao ay may sariling panahon at paraan ng pagproseso ng trauma, takot, at sakit. Ang hindi agad pagsasalita o pagsusumbong ay hindi nangangahulugang hindi nangyari ang pambabastos o hindi ito dapat seryosohin.

๐–๐‘๐Ž๐๐† ๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐๐† โ€“ โ€œ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐ค๐š, ๐›๐š๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐ค๐š ๐š๐ ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ง๐ ?โ€ ay maaaring maging nakasasakit dahil ipinahihiwatig nito na may obligasyon ang biktima na agad magsalita o kumilos pagkatapos ng isang traumatic na karanasan. Maaari nitong iparamdam sa biktima na siya ay may kasalanan dahil hindi siya agad nakapagsumbong.

Sa realidad, iba-iba ang paraan ng bawat tao sa pagharap sa pambabastos, harassment, at iba pang anyo ng karahasan. Maaaring makaranas ang isang biktima ng takot, hiya, shock, confusion, trauma, o pangamba sa magiging resulta ng pagsusumbong. Hindi natin dapat gamitin ang panahon ng kanilang pagsasalita bilang sukatan ng kanilang kredibilidad o ng bigat ng kanilang karanasan.

Sa ilalim ng Republic Act No. 11313 o Safe Spaces Act, may itinakdang prescriptive periods na nagkakaiba depende sa uri ng paglabag. Halimbawa, ang mga offense sa Section 11(a) ay may one-year prescriptive period; Section 11(b), three years; Section 11(c), ten years; Section 12 offenses are imprescriptible; at Sections 16 and 21 offenses prescribe in five years.

Gayunpaman, ang eksaktong prescriptive period ay nakadepende sa uri at mga elemento ng paglabag, kaya mahalagang makipag-ugnayan sa awtoridad o legal professional para sa wastong assessment ng isang partikular na kaso.

Ang dapat nating itanong ay hindi, โ€œBakit hindi ka agad nagsumbong?โ€ kundi, โ€œPaano kita matutulungan?โ€ Makinig nang walang panghuhusga, igalang ang kanilang desisyon, at tulungan silang malaman ang kanilang mga karapatan at mga available na support services.

Instead of blaming survivors, let us create a safe environment where they can speak, seek help, and pursue appropriate remedies when they are ready and within the periods allowed by law.

Ano mang oras, saan man naroroon, .

๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ. ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง...
17/08/2026

๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ. ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ โ€œ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ,โ€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ.

Women can be police officers, firefighters, engineers, construction workers, pilots, doctors, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and professionals in fields often perceived as โ€œmenโ€™s work.โ€ Their gender should never determine what career they can pursue or how far they can go.

Letโ€™s dismantle the belief that certain jobs, skills, or leadership roles belong only to men. What matters is a personโ€™s competence, passion, and commitment, not their gender.

Letโ€™s build a society where every woman has equal opportunities to choose her profession, develop her skills, lead, and contribute without being limited by outdated gender stereotypes.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐€ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง.Sa ika-1...
14/08/2026

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐€ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง.

Sa ika-17 anibersaryo ng Republic Act No. 9710 o Magna Carta of Women (MCW), nakikiisa ang Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Pasig sa Philippine Commission on Women at sa buong bansa sa pagpapatuloy ng laban para sa pagkakapantay-pantay, dignidad, at karapatang pantao ng bawat babae.

Sa paglipas ng 17 taon, ang Magna Carta of Women ay nananatiling mahalagang gabay sa pagtiyak na ang mga karapatan ng kababaihan ay hindi lamang kinikilala sa batas, kundi naisasabuhay at naipatutupad sa bawat komunidad.

Sa Pasig, patuloy nating isinusulong ang lokalisasyon ng Magna Carta of Women, sa pamamagitan ng mga polisiya, programa, serbisyo, at inisyatibang tumutugon sa ibaโ€™t ibang pangangailangan at karanasan ng kababaihan. Layunin nating lumikha ng isang lungsod kung saan ang bawat babae, anuman ang edad, kalagayan, o pinagmulan, ay may pantay na pagkakataong umunlad, makilahok, magdesisyon, at mamuhay nang may dignidad at seguridad.

Sapagkat ang tunay na diwa ng Magna Carta of Women ay hindi lamang tungkol sa pagkakaroon ng mga karapatan, kundi sa pagtiyak na ang mga karapatang ito ay nararamdaman, naaabot, at napapakinabangan ng bawat babae.

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