Razon: Women in front line of change

Manila Standard Today
Saturday-Sunday, March 20-21, 2010
Metro

Razon: Women in front line of change

Former National Police Chief and mayoral bet Avelino Razon Jr. is calling on women of Manila to organize themselves and be catalysts of change.

He visited Tondo recently and inducted about 2,000 members of the fifth district chapter Manilena, an advocacy on participative democracy and people empowerment in governance.

“As mothers, wives or daughters, in your workplace or in your communities, you can make a difference if you act in a concerted manner following a clear program of action. You possess unique qualities that empower you – you have credibility, you are very persuasive when you believe in a cause, and you do not hesitate to act when it means that it would be for the good of your community,” he said.

Wife Cecile joined him in urging support in fostering women and children’s rights along with economic advocacies to open Grameen-type facilities for credit and other types of cooperatives for marginalized residents across the capital.

“I have seen this myself in many areas in Manila. When a family member gets sick, it is the woman of the house who takes care of that members and seeks medical care. She also has to care for the children and make sure they go to school. Aside from this, she has to, in many instances, take on a job or pursue livelihood activities such as vending in order to augment her husband’s meager income,” said Razon.

Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2010/march/20/metro4.isx&d=2010/march/20

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