In a fast changing world, it’s the women who take the lead. The role of women goes beyond household chores. Today, we see them as prime movers of change in different areas, be it in academe, legislation, politics or commerce.
In celebration to the National Women’s Day in the Philippines, the province of Davao de Oro through the Provincial Women’s Development Council (PWDC) honors the role of women in the province and envisions their progress in the next three years.
The province of Davao de Oro being notable to be rich in indigenous cultures will continue to unleash the hidden gifts of each IP Group.
As key towards developing and improving the lives of its constituents, the golden province conforms to the policies and mandates concerning Women Empowerment through the implementation of the Women Development Program. This program subscribes to the goal of uplifting and redefining women in Davao de Oro. It promotes equal rights to economic resources, makes public services widely accessible, provides enabling technologies to ease their nature of work and allows women to be competitive and make their own living.
The Provincial Women Development Council has engaged to thousands of women across the province through its socio-economic programs.
These interventions narrowed the gap between the government and its people, it allowed women from Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas to get reached by delivering government services through livelihood, technical and vocational trainings, caravans, making them active participants in decision making for more sound policies and linking them to institutions to further hone their skills.
Today, Davao de Oro women get featured both locally and globally. This was made possible through the partnership with NGA’s (National Government Agencies), non-government organizations and private sectors. By the full support of the province, products from our women farmers and fisher-folks, muslim, IP’s and all-marginalized women in every municipality who engaged in livelihood trainings starts to rack-up beyond its local market.
These successful product-market linkages are just tidbits of the bundles of success stories of the women of Davao de Oro.
The PWDC was spearheaded by Ms. Sholai Lim, who was awarded as one of the Outstanding Woman Business Leader by the 8th Mindanao Business Leaders and Entrepreneur Awards, she is also the ambassador of the International Women Peace Group (IWPG) was regarded by Philippine National Police General Manuel S. Garlaen as one of 2018’s PNP Region XI Six Most Outstanding Women Leader in Davao Region and was elected as Vice President for Mindanao by the Philippine Federation of Local Councils of Women.
Indeed, there will be no greater force than a group of women who are all determined to rise, no challenges too hard to conquer for women whose eyes are fixed on the goal – veer from the usual and conquer the peak.
