Over a hundred women leaders and advocates gathered for the Women’s Summit at Silliman University recently.
The gathering of women was in observance of International Day for Women and National Women’s Month that focused on the role of women in disaster risk reduction.
Women leaders from the 30 barangays in Dumaguete City and members of the Local Council for Women (LCW) and the City Social Welfare and Development Office attended the whole-day seminar-workshop which centered on the theme: “Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility”.
The Gender Studies Center (GSC) of Silliman University, headed by Coordinator Prof. Phoebe Tan, coordinated the said conference.
Tan said this year’s Women's Summit was intended to “help women adapt to climate change since they are the ones first affected by disasters and calamities, given their nature and traditional roles as homemakers and caretakers of family and children.”
Association of Barangay Captains in Dumaguete City chairman Albert Aquino served as the speaker during the morning session.
Aquino presented an assessment on the city’s disaster response during the Typhoon Sendong and related how the barangays were not prepared for such a natural calamity.
He later discussed the importance of disaster preparedness and the role of women as agents of change, capitalizing on their capabilities in addressing climate change.
Participants also had “role playing” activities. They were grouped into four and were each assigned a calamity under which condition they needed to identify risks and come up with a disaster preparedness plan.
They were later requested to act out scenarios and their works were evaluated by some members of the LCW. (www.ugnayan.com)
The gathering of women was in observance of International Day for Women and National Women’s Month that focused on the role of women in disaster risk reduction.
Women leaders from the 30 barangays in Dumaguete City and members of the Local Council for Women (LCW) and the City Social Welfare and Development Office attended the whole-day seminar-workshop which centered on the theme: “Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility”.
The Gender Studies Center (GSC) of Silliman University, headed by Coordinator Prof. Phoebe Tan, coordinated the said conference.
Tan said this year’s Women's Summit was intended to “help women adapt to climate change since they are the ones first affected by disasters and calamities, given their nature and traditional roles as homemakers and caretakers of family and children.”
Association of Barangay Captains in Dumaguete City chairman Albert Aquino served as the speaker during the morning session.
Aquino presented an assessment on the city’s disaster response during the Typhoon Sendong and related how the barangays were not prepared for such a natural calamity.
He later discussed the importance of disaster preparedness and the role of women as agents of change, capitalizing on their capabilities in addressing climate change.
Participants also had “role playing” activities. They were grouped into four and were each assigned a calamity under which condition they needed to identify risks and come up with a disaster preparedness plan.
They were later requested to act out scenarios and their works were evaluated by some members of the LCW. (www.ugnayan.com)