CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)–Male workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 vow to provide a working environment free from discrimination and gender roles in any form.
The workers belonging to the Men Opposed to Violence Against Women Everywhere (MOVE) DSWD-10 Chapter said they are one with women in pushing for gender equality and justice.
Gender roles are behaviors considered appropriate to a particular gender as determined by prevailing cultural norms. In the Philippines, men are traditionally considered the primary breadwinners, while women are responsible for childbearing.
Women remain firmly tied to their traditional roles as mothers, wives, and housekeepers.
MOVE is a national advocacy movement organized by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) in 2006 as a means to engage men from various government and non-government organizations, the private sector, and the academe to join the crusade towards the elimination of VAW in the country and to form linkages with other groups working on the exact cause.
Male employees of DSWD Field Office 10 composed the advocacy group that aims to assert and defend women’s rights in the agency and northern Mindanao.
Also, the group aims to mobilize and capacitate fellow workers in the field office to join in the group’s advocacies.
Recently, the group has trained fellow male workers on the empowerment and reaffirmation of paternal ability in Camiguin. (DSWD-10/PIA-10)
Male employees of DSWD Field Office 10 are composed of Men Opposed to Violence Against Women Everywhere, an advocacy group that aims to assert and defend women’s rights in the agency and northern Mindanao. (DSWD-10)
