PH Consulate General Marks International Women’s Day Supports PH Natl Campaign to “Make Change Work for Women”

Personnel of Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai, Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) and the Philippine Department of Tourism Office (PDOT) gathered in support of Making Change Work for Women. (Shanghai PCG photo)

SHANGHAI 11 March 2022 – Personnel of the Philippine Consulate General, Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) and the Philippine Department of Tourism Office (PDOT) gathered on 08 March for brief rites in honor of International Women’s Day (IWD) and the 2022 National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) in the Philippines.

Opening the event was a video of the national anthem specially prepared by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) for gender and development (GAD)-related activities by government agencies.

Philippine Consul General to Shanghai Josel F. Ignacio delivered brief remarks tracing the history of IWD and surveying the Philippines’ gains and remaining challenges in narrowing the gender gap based the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual scorecard. He underscored the importance of consistently advancing GAD objectives in the work of the Mission.

A screening of a short video on the life and legacy of patriot and World War II martyr Josefa Llanes-Escoda (1898-1945), advocate of Filipino women’s empowerment and rights, followed.

The short ceremony concluded with fellowship over afternoon tea tendered by the Consulate General in honor of the women serving in the Mission.

The activity was helmed by the Consulate General’s GAD Team in the person of GAD Focal Point Ms. Jeannie F. Petrola and Alternate GAD Focal Point Mr. Joel D. Mariñas.

The 2022 NWMC marks the culmination of a six-year campaign that began in 2017 on the theme “WE Make CHANGE work for Women”, under the auspices of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

This year’s sub-theme is “Agenda ng Kababaihan, Tungo sa Kaunlaran”, in furtherance of the drive to have women’s concerns reflected in the government’s development agenda. END

Screening of video on Josefa Llanes-Escoda (Shanghai PCG photo)

Clockwise from upper right: (1) the women of PCG; (2) singing the national anthem; (3-4) CG Ignacio addresses the event; (5) the women of the PH Department of Tourism Office; (6) the women of the PH Trade and Investment Center-Shanghai. (Shanghai PCG photo)

Clockwise from upper right: (1) IWD Program gets underway; (2) Mission personnel view a video on the life and legacy of Josefa Llanes-Escoda; (3) Women of PCG join IWD 2022 call to #BreaktheBias; (4) Post-program purple sweets were served in keeping with the IWD’s symbolic color. (Shanghai PCG photo) 

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