PLATAPORMA NG KABABAIHAN (WOMEN and COMMUNITY AGENDA) · Tiyakin ang paglahok ng mga kababaihan, lalo na ng kababaihang anakpawis, sa pagbubuo ng mga programa’t patakarang pangkababaihan ng mga LGUs. Magbuo ng mga Women Councils mula sa mga nakatayo nang organisasyon ng kababaihan bilang mekanismo para dito. · Suportahan ang pagbubuo ng iba’t ibang organisasyon ng kababaihan sa iba’t ibang sektor: vendors, urban poor, youth and students, farmers, fisherfolks. Tulungang maging functional ang mga nakabuo na. · Magkaroon ng mga programa para sa access ng kababaihan sa impormasyon at mga kaalaman – pagtatayo ng mga community women resource centers and libraries sa mga barangay. · Magtayo ng adult education and literacy program para sa kababaihan. · Aktibong ikampanya ang pagpawi sa karahasan sa kababaihan at kanilang mga anak (violence against women and their children). Tiyaking makuha ng lahat ng barangay officials ang mga aralin hinggil sa mga batas para sa proteksiyon sa kababaihan upang alam nila itong pakitunguhan: Violence against women, sexual harassment act, at iba pang mga batas. · Tiyakin ang akses ng kababaihan sa mga batayang kaalaman at serbisyong pangkalusugan – kaugnay ng reproductive health at reproductive rights, basic hygiene at iba pa. · Buuin ang mga decorum (komite para i-address ang mga usaping pangkababaihan, gaya ng sexual harassment cases, iba pa) sa lahat ng government agencies. · Sa pamamagitan ng mabubuong Women’s Councils, suportahan ang mga programa para sa pagpapaunlad sa kaalaman, kasanayan at kagalingan ng mga kababaihan – mga pag-aaral at seminars, at skills training sa mga barangay. Tiyakin ang budget appropriation sa mga ito. · Dagdagan ang budget allocation sa mga programang pangkababaihan. Maglunsad ng information drive hinggil sa mga programa, sa allotted budget nito at ang mga mekanismo kung paano ito ma-avail. Palahukin ang mabubuong Women’s Council para ditto. · Gumawa ng mekanismo para sa sustinidong paglahok ng mga NGOs sa kababaihan sa mga programa at usaping pangkababaihan. · Maglunsad ng mga livelihood projects lalo na sa mga barangay ng mga kababaihang maralita at tiyaking maging sustinido ang mga ito. I-institute ang minimum requirements para madali itong ma-access. · Bigyang prayoridad ang local constituents para sa mga oportunidad na pangkabuhayan. · Dagdagan ang mga mekanismo at pondo para sa pagpapalaganap sa barangay level ng mga medical and dental services (minimum: quarterly). Maglunsad din ng mga information – dissemination hinggil sa mga nakalaang programang pangkalusugan. · Maglagay ng daycare center sa bawat barangay. · Magsagawa ng malawakang kampanyang edukasyon hinggil sa mga batas sa kababaihan: VAWC, sexual harassment, sextrafficking, magna carta for women. BAGUIO · Decisively address garbage disposal problem (long term solution). Implement ESL law (RA_____). LA UNION · Education campaign about the hazards of nuclear power plants. · Itigil ang anumang proyekto na makakaapekto sa fishing grounds (coal transit point ni Cojuangco) · Implement the 15-km municipal water zone (off-limits to commercial fishers). · (illegal fishing) – formulate with pangisda. · Barangay – level projects (daycare, women program, health services, etc.) BENGUET · I-regulate ng provincial government ang presyo ng bilihan ng gulay (from the control of the middlemen). · Subsidy to the vegetable farmers.
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Post-Election Statement May 12, 2010 Contact Person: Atty. Virginia Suarez-Pinlac IN HIS HANDS This county is in no one’s hands – that was the clear and loud message of the electorate in the just-concluded election, which first and foremost debunked the myth of command votes, whether left, right or center. If one may use a well-known phrase from world literature, indeed the heart is a lonely hunter, meaning that when it comes to making a choice between this or that candidate, one does it by one’s own criteria, whether rational or delusional. What is also clear, as evidenced by the long interminable lines before the polling precincts, is that the Filipino people want to participate and exercise democracy, want an input into who should govern them and want to be responsible citizens of the nation. Let this lesson not be lost to those who would lead by command alone. We react with opprobrium to the “puro utos-puro utos” syndrome. The election results, still in process as of this writing, also indicate that over the next six years, this country will not be held by a single pair of hands. Benigno Aquino III might be president, but his second in command could come from another party – Jejomar Binay – and those who are about to be senators come from a mish-mash of political orientation, from the autocratic to the entertaining. More than ever, citizen participation will be of vital importance, as we look forward to six years of more squabbling and paralysis, as occurred with the now lame-duck Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration. It is time, in other words, to lift national politics from self-interest and the preservation of one’s own power and power dynasties – left, right or center – and act from a national perspective, as a people. As a women’s organization, Kaisa Ka is highly gratified that the electorate chose to ignore religion’s attacks and bans on those who would support reproductive health and safety for the Filipino people. We note that President-elect Aquino’s consistent stand on reproductive health and safety for the women of the Philippines did not hurt his chances at all, just as we note that those who waffled on this issue did not improve their vote count. We congratulate all the women who chose to vote for those who had an unequivocal stand on this issue, which is of prime importance, not only to women, but to the very survival of the nation. We were disappointed on one aspect: though much was made of the possible impact of the votes of overseas Filipinos, their issues were barely focused upon in these elections. Let us rectify this in the coming years and make sure that in the next elections, the continued overseas slavery of one-tenth – and increasing -- of the population (and 65%-70% women) become a major political concern. No nation can stand together with a major segment of its population enslaved. It was a long, tense and oft-times bitter election campaign. But time now to reflect upon the results and gear up for the battles and struggles ahead. ### |
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