Archive for August 2020
Women empower women through ‘Hijab for a Cause’
Women empowering women. It is perhaps among the best scenarios one can witness in this evolving world where women empowerment also strives to flourish. It comes in different forms too, just like how the ‘Hijab for a Cause’ does it. What started as a random social media post by Nushaiva Basri, Hijab for a Cause…
Read MoreCelebrating the youth, the real-life heroes
The month of August was a celebration of individuals who play key roles in this generation – the youth and the humanitarian workers or our #RealLifeHeroes. The International Youth Day on August 12 and the World Humanitarian Day on August 19 were both celebrated, albeit more virtually, around the globe. This year’s theme of the…
Read MorePeace dialogues continue in SOCCSKSARGEN
Amid COVID-19, youth organizations, government agencies and civil society organizations in SOCCSKSARGEN took part in the discussion centered on peacebuilding and the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 in three separate awareness seminars in July and August, 2020. Equal Access International-Philippines (EAI-PH) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Manager Tommy Pangcoga, who is currently based in the…
Read MoreCDO approves equality, diversity ordinance
The City of Golden Friendship made a mark to end discrimination after the city council of Cagayan de Oro approved the Equality and Diversity Ordinance on August 10, 2020. It can be recalled that the Technical Working Group (TWG) of which Equal Access International-Philippines is a part of, first convened in September 2019 to create…
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