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 CHR, women’s groups and women’s rights advocates join 9th Purple Action Day march in Quezon City to mark start of Women’s Month. Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News



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PH kicks off Women's Month with 'Purple march'

Willard Cheng

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/women-rights-advocates-03012024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=" CHR, women’s groups and women’s rights advocates join 9th Purple Action Day march in Quezon City to mark start of Women’s Month. Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p> CHR, women’s groups and women’s rights advocates join 9th Purple Action Day march in Quezon City to mark start of Women’s Month. <em>Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News</em></p><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — <span dir="auto" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> The Philippines kicked off women’s month Friday morning with a Purple Action Day March <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">to “raise awareness for the need to increase investments in women” and “bolster their economic and political participation at different levels.</span></span></p><div><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The march, which started <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">from Philcoa to Liwasang Pepe Diokno at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Quezon City, </span>was participated in by several groups, including</span><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> women’s groups and women’s rights advocates such as SARILAYA, Lunas Collective, and Gabriela.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/></span></div><div><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">According to SARILAYA, the march symbolizes the united front for women&#x27;s rights and political empowerment with participants wearing purple, the color associated with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/></span><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"/>A Purple Action Program followed at the CHR for a panel discussion on strategies and actions &quot;to effect genuine change in women&#x27;s daily lives and political roles with the aim of inspiring and mobilizing the community for women empowerment.&quot;<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/></span><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"/>CHR Commissioner and retired Justice Monina Arevalo Zenarosa agreed that investing in women’s rights means addressing poverty and ensuring adequate resources and gender responsive financing for gender equality.</span></div><div><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">It also includes recognizing and addressing the &quot;historical and structural impacts of poverty,&quot; </span><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">violence against women, and the limited political participation, among others.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/><br style="box-sizing:border-box"/>“Lastly, investing in women also means supporting women’s and feminist organizations. It means recognizing your role, all of you here in leading efforts to tackle women’s poverty and inequality,” Zenarosa said.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/><br style="box-sizing:border-box"/>In a video message, CHR Focal Commissioner for gender Faydah Maniri Dumarpa spoke of the importance of addressing women’s needs not only in women’s month but consistently.</span></div><div><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">These include recognizing unpaid care work; formation of gender responsive social protection programs; protection against violence at homes, school, workplace and communities; promotion of decent and safe work, and addressing multiple crises that women face including the impact of climate change, development aggression and armed conflict.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/><br style="box-sizing:border-box"/> “Ang pamumuhunan sa kababaihan at batang babae ay pag-unlad ng bayan,” Dumarpa said.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"/></span><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"><span dir="auto"> <br/></span></span></div>

<p>According to SARILAYA, the march symbolizes the united front for women's rights and political empowerment.</p>

According to SARILAYA, the march symbolizes the united front for women's rights and political empowerment.