Women's Month Celebration:  ONE BILLION RISING GLOBAL MOVEMENT

 

 

 

The nationwide simultaneous dance movement was conducted region wide  to raise  awareness  towards  ending

Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC). All employees were requested to wear purple (or its shades)

attire as all performed the One Billion Rising Global Movement after the flag ceremony and the kick off program

on March 06, 2017. All PENROs and CENROs participated in this movement.

           The RGADFPS led the tree planting activity aimed at restoring the Beach Forest at Brgy. Sabang Daguitan (Surf Camp area) Dulag, Leyte with 1000 mangrove seedlings. Various government  agencies joined the activity such as Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), PENRO Leyte, CENRO Palo, LGU of Dulag, and some private sectors such as Palawan Pawnshop and Perpetual Help Community Cooperative (PHCCI) covered about a hectare of the area that has been planted years ago. Participants were taught the proper ways of planting to lessen mortality rate this year.

1.           Another mangrove tree planting activity was organized by the PENRO and CENRO personnel of Samar at Brgy. Payao, Catbalogan City on the 24^th of March, 2017.

 

 

lecture-forum was conducted on Republic Act (RA) 7877 known as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act and RA

9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC) Act. This was attended by DENR men and

women employees which was held last March 21, 2017. Two resource speakers from the DENR Legal Division

namely Atty. Gerry Val Baquilod and Atty. Meljun Diasanta, facilitated the discussions on abuses at home and

 in the workplace.