2022 18-Day Campaign to End VAW

Attention, GADvocates! The webpage for the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End VAW is now live! We are also pleased to announce the new recurring theme for the campaign: "UNiTEd for a VAW-free Philippines". This 2022-2027 theme is anchored on the United Nations Secretary-General's UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women Campaign (UNiTE Campaign). The new theme is aimed at strengthening and combining individual efforts to achieve a community free from violence.

Check out the theme, campaign focus and objectives, collaterals, suggested activities, and the branding guide here: https://pcw.gov.ph/2022-18-day-campaign-to-end-violence.../

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Female bus drivers

Two Filipino women make #herstory as they become part of the first ever batch of female bus drivers deployed by the Dubai Road and Transportation Authority (RTA). According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines, as reported by the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ms. Marygoldcez Carolina Diwa De Castro, 36, and Ms. Ailen Pueto Leaño, 46, were first employed by the RTA to operate internal city buses back in July 2020. Now, they are assigned to drive double-decker buses, with a capacity of 120 passengers per trip, deemed as a milestone in a male-dominated field. A move that is unprecedented in the Middle East region, the two Filipino drivers broke the glass ceiling, proving that careers have no gender.

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