As part of its mandate to provide technical assistance to local government units (LGUs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to work with the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) of Iloilo City by providing appropriate help and by monitoring the condition of a 27-year-old woman with special needs who was continue reading : DSWD, LGU help abused woman with special needs in Iloilo City
Sec. Taguiwalo expresses full support on implementation of RH Law
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo today said that she is in full agreement with Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s order that the Reproductive Health Law be implemented full-scale. She said that the agencies directly responsible for its implementation should focus on ensuring that Filipino women and children get improved and greater access to continue reading : Sec. Taguiwalo expresses full support on implementation of RH Law
DSWD opens business opportunities for Pantawid Pamilya women
Two years ago, 20 women beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from San Isidro, Davao Oriental organized the Cambaleon Hog Raisers Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) Association with an initial P200,000 capital assistance from the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Since then until to this day, the association continue reading : DSWD opens business opportunities for Pantawid Pamilya women
Women take on non-traditional jobs
About 21 women from three barangays of the municipality of Langiden, Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) try their hands at construction jobs after completing the Non-traditional Skills Training on Masonry, Carpentry and Plumbing through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a core program of the Department of Social Welfare and continue reading : Women take on non-traditional jobs
Kalahi-CIDSS women-volunteers in action
Women-volunteers in Barangay Katipunan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte lead the construction of a 1,300-Linear Meter Drainage Canal worth P2.11 million through the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services- PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (Kalahi-CIDSS-PAMANA). Kalahi-CIDSS is one of the core programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS women-volunteers in action
Philippine Commission on Women chair lauds Kalahi-CIDSS for promoting women empowerment
MANILA – Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Chair Remedios Rikken praised the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) for empowering women and promoting gender equality in “Empowering Communities, Empowering Women” activity of the program, held in Makati last May 3. As a community-driven development (CDD) program, Kalahi-CIDSS believes that every continue reading : Philippine Commission on Women chair lauds Kalahi-CIDSS for promoting women empowerment
Kalahi-CIDSS conducts celebration of women empowerment with US partner
MANILA – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is recognizing the efforts and initiatives of its partners in pushing forward and integrating gender and development (GAD) in the program during a ceremony on May 3 at the Asian Institute of continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS conducts celebration of women empowerment with US partner
Haven for Women: Helping abused women regain normal lives
Marie (not her real name), 23, was a rape survivor and was admitted at the Haven for Women, a center managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in 2014. She was 19 years old and in first year college then. Court hearing on her case is ongoing. She confided that she has continue reading : Haven for Women: Helping abused women regain normal lives
DSWD strengthens programs, services for women
This Women’s Month, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched a community driven development and empowerment initiative in the municipality of San Antonio, Quezon dubbed “Si Tonyo para kay Juana”, a localized version of the He for She Campaign of the United Nations. The campaign engages all men to help ensure that women continue reading : DSWD strengthens programs, services for women
DSWD hails women partner-beneficiaries, volunteers
As the country celebrates Women’s Month this March, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recognizes the active participation of women-beneficiaries and volunteers in the implementation of poverty reduction projects. “We are encouraged by the positive feedback and success stories that we receive on how our women-beneficiaries managed to turn their lives around, regained continue reading : DSWD hails women partner-beneficiaries, volunteers
