ZAMBOANGA MAYOR Beng Climaco called for holistic approach to gender equality and said it should be seen as an encompassing whole rather than just a matter of compliance.
Speaking during a virtual lecture on Gender, Climate, and Disaster Resilience: Challenges of Equity and Sustainability, spearheaded by the National Resilience Council (NRC) and the Coastal Cities at Risk in the Philippines, Climaco said there is a need to push forward the agenda of gender for both women and men, adding: “We need to have gender as an organic function ingrained in society as a whole.”
“Despite of our advocacy for the inclusivity of women, we should not leave the men out. Through the advocacy na nakikita natin, malaking tulong talaga if we have a holistic picture of what we need to do and ensure that development is present from agriculture, social services up to technology,” the mayor said.
Climaco, a champion of women’s rights, also cited the different gender and inclusivity initiatives of the local government, including the amended Gender and Development Code, mainstreaming gender-sensitivity orientations, the Production and Training Center for Women, and the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of Zamboanga City.
The mayor’s talk coincided with the start of the month-long observance of the National Women’s Month.
Those who attended the lecture were Dr. Patricia Licuanan, Dr. Bernadette Resurrecion, and Atty. Amparita Santa Maria, and the Urduja Women’s Desk of Ateneo Human Rights Center, and other personalities. (Jasmine Mohammadsali)
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