PHL Embassy in Dhaka Meets with Maldives’ Deputy Minister of Gender and Family

From left: Maldives’ Deputy Director General Aminath Shareef, Philippine Embassy’s Third Secretary & Vice-Consul LV I. de Guzman, Maldives’ Deputy Minister Leesha Mohamed, Philippine Embassy’s Attaché Joany G. Margallo-Lucas and Maldives’ Senior Legal Officer.

19 March 2018 DHAKA – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, represented by Third Secretary Ms. LV de Guzman and Post’s Gender Focal Point Ms. Joany Margallo-Lucas, called on the Maldives’ Ministry of Gender and Family Deputy Minister Ms. Leesha Mohamed on February 28 to discuss matters relating to laws, policies and programs in the Maldives that protect the rights of women and promote their safety and welfare. 

During the meeting, the Ministry provided the Embassy a copy of Maldives’ citizenship law and shared information on the legal processes and procedures in the MV that foreign nationals married to Maldivians must follow in cases of domestic abuse and harassment in a home setting. The Ministry also expressed openness to enhancing PH-MV ties through cooperation in the area of gender and development (GAD) and women empowerment.

The meeting was held as part of the Embassy’s GAD activities for Calendar Year 2018, in support of the Department’s targets and goals in relation to the DFA’s GAD program. END

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