Monday, September 19, 2005

Provincial Government Of Aklan

Serves Youth/Student Sector

By Beverly Tropa


A “Seminar on Gender Code of Aklan: Rights of Women and Children” was held on September 03, 2005 at the Aklan Catholic College (ACC) gymnasium, Kalibo, Aklan.
The said Seminar was sponsored by the ACC Political Science Club where they invited resource speakers from the Provincial Government thru the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO), headed by Engr. Roger M. Esto, Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator.
The ACC political Science Club is headed by its President, Mr. Raffy F. Paller. It is an association formed by the students of Political Science with Atty. Carol Morales as Adviser.
Some 70 participants consisting of all officers and members of the ACC Political Science Club and BSC students attended the seminar. They expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the Aklan Provincial Government for accommodating their invitation and providing them with resource speakers. They verbalized that this was the first time that they were made aware and well – informed about the government’s efforts to support the different sectors, specifically, women, children, youth, and the differently–abled.
The topics discussed were: Background/Rationale of the Aklan Gender and Development (GAD) Code, presented by Ms. Jesebel M. Vidal, Provincial GAD Focal Person; Women’s Rights, with Ms. Teresita Grace M. Quimpo, Member of the Provincial GAD Commission, from the Department of Agrarian Reform; and Rights of Children, by Mr. Arturo P. Teodosio, Jr., Provincial Population and Gender Officer. Engr. Julius Caesar Rentillo, Engineer I, PPDO assisted in the power point presentation.
In addition, Mr. Arturo P. Teodosio, Jr. also gave inputs on the legal bases/aspects in support of the Aklan GAD Code such as RA 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act, and the UN Charter on the Rights of the Child. He also briefed the participants on the Integrated Population and Gender Development Program of Aklan, and on the Provincial Ordinance No. 05-020, known as the Integrated Population and Gender Development Ordinance.
Mr. Teodosio also talked on the Provincial Government’s Programs and activities on Early Childhood Development (ECD) Program, the Coastal Resource Management (CRM), Health, Solid Waste Management and the Proposed Environment Code of Aklan. /MPmailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com

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