THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that it will continue with the theme, “We Make Change Work for Women” for the celebration of National Women's Month.

This as in 2017, the Philippine Council for Women's Board Members and Inter-Agency Technical Working Group identified the National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) theme which shall be used from 2017-2022.

It highlights the empowerment of women as active contributors to and claimholders of development. This pursuit of development is also anchored on the commitment of “Malasakit at Pagbabago” or True Compassion and Real Change.

The 2019 NWMC shall focus on strengthening efforts to improve and track the progress of implementation of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), and other relevant laws and commitments to the international community such as the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The theme emphasizes that women should be active drivers in bringing about positive changes, and that they should also reap from fruits of development efforts. This can be made possible by empowering women – enabling them to meaningfully engage with other development stakeholders, and by fully implementing the MCW.