Economic Development

Through the GREAT Women Project, the Philippine Commission on Women embarked on a journey of self-assessment of its accomplishments for the past decades on promoting women’s concerns towards re-inventing itself through capacity development to become more effective and responsive in advocating women’s economic empowerment, and ultimately, furthering its role as the national machinery for the …

GREAT Women Project: Reinventing the Philippine Commission on Women’s Economic Empowerment: Building Capacities on Women’s Economic Empowerment Read More »

This case study discusses how the Philippine Commission on Women, through the GREAT Women Project, forged partnership with the Municipal Government of Tanauan to enhance its local enabling environment for women’s economic empowerment. Capacity development activities were implemented in the municipality, resulting to plans, programs and projects that support its women micro entrepreneurs; noteworthy of …

GREAT Women Project: Raising Computer Literacy Among Women Micro Entrepreneurs in Tanauan, Leyte Read More »

The case study features studies conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment- Occupational Safety and Health Center on five predominant livelihoods for women in Metro Naga sites. These studies also presented working conditions, perception on occupational safety and health, and experiences on work-related injuries and illnesses. Its results are guiding DOLE-OSHC in designing advocacy …

GREAT Women Project: Promoting Occupational Safety and Health Among Micro Enterprises in Metro Naga Read More »