National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) Executive Director Emmeline Verzosa (seated 2nd from left) and Quezon Province officials forge a three-year partnership on June 30, 2008 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena, Quezon to improve policies, plans, programs and services directed to women in livelihoods and microentrepreneurs. Signing the agreement to implement the Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT Women) Project are (seated from left) Gen. Nakar Mayor Obing Ruzol, NCRFW Executive Director Emmeline Verzosa, Quezon Governor Raffy Nantes, Vice-Governor Carlos Portes, and Infanta Mayor Grace America.
| 02.07.2008 | Read more |
DEFENDING WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
(NCRFW) Deputy Director Lorenza Umali (right) presented the NCRFW's position on the
Reproductive Health Bill
and how the proposed legislation would benefit the Filipino women during the House of Representatives' hearing last
April 29, 2008. Seated beside Dep. Dir. Umali is Sorsogon Representative Salvador H. Escudero III.| 02.05.2008 |
"Fathers can make a difference" -- NCRFW
15 June 2008, MANILA - The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) joins the entire nation in the celebration of Fathers' Day by recognizing the important role that men play in achieving gender equality in the Philippines.
| 15.06.2008 | Read more |
NCRFW eyes immediate approval of Magna Carta of Women
10 June 2008, MANILA - The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) is pushing for the immediate approval of the Magna Carta of Women, a landmark legislation that seeks to protect Filipino women from all forms of gender discrimination.
| 10.06.2008 | Read more |
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER, MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
"Seizing Opportunities, Upholding Rights"
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UNITED NATIONS
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
"Great Women Project, ...is a five-year project (2006-2011) of the National Commission
on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) as the project's local executing agency with funding
support from CIDA. It is a capacity development initiative that aims to support and promote
the economic empowerment of women, especially those in micro-enterprises, by contributing
to the creation of a gender-responsive enabling environment for micro-enterprise
development. It has three components: (1) Capacity development for NCRFW, (2) National
enabling environment for women's economic empowerment (WEE), and (3) Local enabling for
WEE".