March is National Women's Month

from PCW website

Theme: "Kapakanan ni Juana,
           Isama sa Agenda!"

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 to Thursday, March 31, 2016

The theme resonates the call for gender-balance in leadership and decision making positions both in public and private sector; inclusion of women’s concerns in leadership platforms and the government’s development agenda; and capacitating and preparing women and girls to reach their ambitions.

2016 Theme in Local Languages

Bikol	Karahayan ni Juana, Iibá sa Pag-uurulayan!
Chavacano	Bien estar di Juana, pone na Adyenda
Hiligaynon	Kaayohan ni Juana, Iupod sa Adyenda!
Ibanag	Pappakapianan ni Juana, Ivulun ta Adyenda!
Ifontok	Enkhawisan Juana, Itapi Taku iska Adyenda!/Itapi taku iska adyenda nan enkhawisan Juana
Ilokano	Pagsayaatan ni Juana, Ikuyog iti Pagsaritaan
Kankanaey	Pan-gawisan Juana, Itapi Taku isan Adyenda!/Itapi  taku isan adyenda san pan-gawisan Juana
Kapampangan	Ing Kapakanan nang Juana, Iyabe ya king Adyenda!
Masbateño	Kaayuhan ni Juana, Iintra sa Adyenda!
Mёranaw	Kamapiyaan ni Juana, Irakёs sa Bitiyara
Pangasinan	Pangkamaungan nёn Juana, Ipila ёd Adyenda/Ipilad Adyenda
Sebwano	Kaayuhan ni Juana, I-apil sa Adyenda
Surigaonon	An Karajawan ni Juana, I-apil sa Adyenda!
Waray	Katungdanan ni Juana, Ig-upod ha Adyenda

Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988, the annual conduct of the National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) aims to give due recognition to the contributions of Filipino women in our society. 

Specifically, this year’s celebration aims to: 

1. create an avenue for women and women advocates to celebrate the gains of the current administration with regards to closing gender gap, as well as to call on the next administration to continue supporting the advocacy and prioritize women’s issues in various agenda;

2. present the achievements of the Aquino administration in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, through the Report on the State of the Filipino Women;

3. gather public perception on what women’s issues should be prioritized by the next administration through crowdsourcing of “agenda ni Juana”; and

4. strengthen public advocacy on National Women’s Month, with emphasis on women’s issues that still need to be addressed.

Please visit the website of the Philippine Commission on Women for more information about the month-long celebration.