Men compete about women’s law in City of San Fernando

THIS time, it’s men competing among themselves about the laws for women.

Male employees from public and private agencies in the City of San Fernando competed for the first Inter-Agency Male Quiz Bee on Magna Carta of Women (MCW) over the weekend.

The contestants came from City Government of San Fernando, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office-Central Luzon, Department of Public Works and Highways-Central Luzon, and PrimeWater in cooperation with the City of San Fernando Water District (CSFWD).

Divided into three rounds---easy, average and difficult---the participants were tested on their knowledge about the MCW or Republic Act No. 9710 — a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women, especially those in the marginalized sector.

City Human Resource Development officer Rachelle Yusi said this is the City Government of San Fernando’s second conduct of an all-male quiz bee as part of its Women’s Month celebration.

“Last year’s quiz bee was conducted within the city hall departments only but this year we tapped different agencies to participate thus encourage inclusiveness in the implementation of the MCW,” she added.

Mayor Edwin Santiago said that aside from challenging the participants’ minds, the activity also seeks to assess how much men value and respect the women in the community.

“Let us not just keep these laws about women in our minds, instead, we must follow and adopt all these through our actions in every single day. Let us also contribute in promoting equality for all,” he added.

The winners were the City Government of San Fernando as champion, PrimeWater in cooperation with CSFWD as second placer and DPWH-Central Luzon as third placer.

Also present during the Quiz Bee were Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin, Councilor BJ Lagman and the Gender and Development Focal Point System headed by Amalia Catacutan.

Trending

No stories found.

Just in

No stories found.

Branded Content

No stories found.
SunStar Publishing Inc.
www.sunstar.com.ph