| Philippine National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 & 1820 has been adopted and signed by the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 2010-03-01 - 2010-03-31, The Philippines |
| Thanks in part to the work of Philippine PeaceWomen Loreta Navarro Castro, the Philippine President issued Executive Order No. 865 on 1 March 2010, entitled "Creation of a National Steering Committee on Women, Peace and Security (NSCWPS) to Implement UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 & 1820 and Providing Funds Thereof." Karen Tanada, Coordinator for PWAG in the Philippines, is active in the implementation of the NAP 1325. |
Loreta Navarro Castro, PeaceWomen from the Philippines is the director of the Center for Peace Education at the Miriam College in Quezon City, the Philippines. The Center for Peace Education seeks to institutionalize and strengthen the peace education thrust of Miriam College through faculty training, curriculum development and student development programs. To help promote the culture of peace in the larger society by sharing Miriam College’s inspiration, knowledge and experience with other groups and educational institutions, including those that are underserved. And to network and develop partnerships with other peace-oriented groups and with all people of goodwill towards building a culture of peace.
Karen Tanada is the Executive Director of Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute (GZOPI) at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, the Philippines. GZOPI commits to provide nurture and shelter for Philippine Basic Sectors and Citizen Peacemakers in their search for, creation of, and insistence on the peaceful settlement and transformation of conflicts, even as it continuously organizes a constituency committed to freedom and social justice. As a peace institute, it also seeks to institutionalize the work of peacemaking and peace building, thus placing it in within the mainstream of the efforts for social justice and development in the Philippines.
See the report on the launch of the NAP 1325, written by Philippine PeaceWomen Miriam Coronel Ferrer, for more information. |
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