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Monday, August 14, 2006
City official asks women's international group to hold next confab in Zambo
VICE Mayor Beng Climaco has formally asked the Women's Global Connection (WGC), a worldwide organization advocating for women's protection and welfare, to consider Zamboanga City as the venue for the international convention in three or four year's time.
The vice mayor personally conveyed the message to Dr. Dorothy Etling, a WGC representative who made a brief visit to Zamboanga recently to look into the city's implementation of women plans and programs as well as to meet with various sectors here.
The WGC had its 2nd Conference in San Antonio, Texas last May where Vice Mayor Climaco was one of the only three Filipino participants. Next year's gathering will be in Africa while Asia will be the venue for the 2008 convention.
Vice Mayor Climaco said Dr. Etling saw for herself what the city government, through the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Point is doing to help alleviate the plight of women and children and other sectors.
Climaco together with the Rotary Club of Metro Zamboanga including the Task Force Sta. Cruz Island, brought Dr. Etling to Sta. Cruz Island where she visited the children-students of the Silsillah Foundation elementary school in the isle.
The visit also provided Climaco's group and Dr. Etling the opportunity to look in to the other needs of school including the military detachment in the island. A simple program honoring Dr. Etling was hosted by the Silsillah School principal and staff. Children were also gifted with goodies prepared by the vice mayor's office.
Dr. Etling also had the chance of calling on Zamboanga Archbishop Carmelo Morelos and Mayor Celso Lobregat during her visit. She also addressed the gathering of association of religious nuns and other women groups including urban poor associations.
Vice Mayor Climaco said Dr. Etling's Zamboanga visit gave the visitor a glimpse of the real situation here and possible networking in the future in the aspect of education, women's and children's concerns and other social action concerns.
WGC is a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, Texas that hopes to promote sharing of women's wisdom, experience and spirituality for the purpose of nurturing transformative change and building a just and sustainable global community.
Dr. Etling is a member of the Society of Incarnate Word of San Antonio, Texas.(SE)
(August 14, 2006 issue)
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