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Connecting Global News & Views For The Community
UK & Europe Edition
April 2015
Volume 6 - Number 7
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MARIAN RIVERA CELEBRATES WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES DAY AT CONGRESS KAPUSO Primetime Queen Marian Rivera lent her star power to the House of Representatives’ observance of Women’s Month by gracing the celebration of Women with Disabilities Day Monday. Marian, the House’s Ambassador for Women and Children with Disabilities, was the guest of honor for the daylong forum and training session for women with disabilities sponsored by the House committee on women and gender equality. The event had the theme “Juanang Maykapansanan, Kapasyahan Mo ay Mahalaga sa Bayan.” The actress had graced a similar event organized by the House last year. At the forum, Carmona town Mayor Dahlia Loyola discussed the program she had launched in the town to help women with disabilities work with their families to become functional, employable, and highly independent individuals.
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Marian Rivera with poses with Gabriela party-list Rep. Emmi de Jesus (second from left) and Bulacan Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica (farthest right) at the celebration of Women with Disabilities Day at the House of Representatives. Gabriela Party-List
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She expressed optimism that the program will be a best practice that other local government units can emulate in helping women with disabilities earn a living. Earlier in the day, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Emmi De Jesus led hundreds of medical staff and patients in marking the global antiviolence campaign One Billion Rising at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City with a community dance that celebrated the victory of the cancer treatment center over attempts to sell it to property developers. March was declared as Women’s Role in History Month in the country through Proclamation No. 227 in 1988, while March 8 was proclaimed as National Women’s Day with the enactment of Republic Act 6949 in 1990. n Xianne Arcange l /JST, GMA News / March
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