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Amidst the howls
of protest and lamentations of mothers, wives
and sisters during the Marcos dictatorship,
there sprang in 1982 an institution that would
take part in empowering women: the Center
for Women's Resources (CWR).
While other women institutions provided counselling,
legal and health services to individual women,
CWR provided the badly needed education and
skills training as well as data on women.
The Center for Women's Resources, through
its researches and trainings, played an important
role in promoting women's full participation
for genuine social transformation.
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building women's organizations such as Samahan
ng Malayang Kababaihang Nagkakaisa (SAMAKANA),
a national organization of urban poor women
and GABRIELA, now the political center of
the militant women's movement in the Philippines.
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One of the
pioneering institutions for women, CWR aims
to empower grassroots women through awareness-raising
and supporting their efforts at improving
their situation through structural change.
Its mission includes:
> Promoting the full participation of
Filipino women in the genuine development
of the Philippine society;
> Responding to specific needs of women
from different sectors, particularly the
grassroots women by working with institutions,
community and voluntary groups concerned
with programs for people's development;
> Popularizing knowledge on women and
development through research and publications
in order to effect change in the consciousness
of the larger public; and
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> Promoting growth
and consolidation of regional women centers
and sectoral women organizations.
At present, CWR maintains regular linkages
with a network of five national grassroots
women organizations and 17 regional women
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All
Photos are credited to the ff:
Lito Ocampo
Bimbim dela Paz |
Jerry
Atkinson
Pam Bugayong |
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