CWEARC

09/08/2026

04/08/2026

Advance Food Sovereignty! Protect and Support our Nation's Food Producers!

Learn more about the urgent issues of our vegetable farmers in the Cordillera in this upcoming Forum on Gardinero Issues on August 8, 2026, starting at 9AM at the ATI, BSU compound, La Trinidad Benguet.
Support our veggie farmers, many of them women, in a petition they will launch for the redress of their issues.

14/07/2026

IT'S A WRAP! 🌱

The two-day Gardinero Workshop in Bauko, Mountain Province has successfully concluded! The workshop was well attended by women gardineros and was led by the Cordillera Women's Education, Action Research Center, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, and the Aliansa Dagiti Pesante iti Kordilyera with support from Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas.

Gardineros (vegetable farmers) from across the Cordillera's vegetable-producing communities came together to share their experiences and discuss the pressing issues and intensifying challenges they face today.

The workshop united the gardineros in calling on the government to implement a pro-people floor price, provide subsidies, immediately develop quality Farm-to-Market Roads, support locally produced agricultural products, halt excessive importation, lower loan interests, and reduce the cost of farm inputs.

Data gathered in the workshop will serve as foundation for developing concrete resolutions and collective actions that respond to the actual conditions and needs of the gardineros.

03/07/2026

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT ||

CWEARC first published the handbook on women’s laws in 2006. Since then, new laws for the protection of women and children in the Philippines were passed in Congress and enacted. We owe it to the vibrant women’s movement in the Philippines that these laws were enacted, and we also owe it to our champions in Congress for making sure that the house bills were fought for, until these were eventually passed. Specifically, we acknowledge and laud the Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) for being the voice of women in the House of Representatives since 2004. GWP authored and supported landmark laws for women and children’s right such as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710), Expanded Maternity Leave Law (RA 11210), Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Law (RA 11861), Occupational Safety and Health Standards Law (RA 11058), Safe Spaces Act (RA 11313) and the Anti-Child Po*******hy Act (RA 9775).

In our engagement with communities, education on violence against women and the laws for the protection of women and children remain vital and relevant. The conversations and discussions we had with the women and their communities demonstrated the continuing need to facilitate empowerment on women’s rights, particularly laws for women. Similarly, we encountered persistent challenges, such as prevailing norms on VAW and r**e. It is therefore of utmost significance that knowledge of the laws for women and children, as well as the services and remedies available to them, be urgently disseminated. At the same time, it is important to strengthen the existing laws — it is in this regard that we are including in this handbook highly relevant policy recommendations by distinguished bodies on women’s rights such as the Center for Women’s Rights (CWR), Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), UN Women, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and of course, GWP.

This handbook is intended for women’s organizations wherever, local government units especially at the barangay level, educators and advocates who tirelessly fight for women’s rights, particularly working for women’s access to justice and eliminating barriers to accessing justice.

IEC and knowledge sharing will continue to be our priorities in facilitating women’s empowerment. We are grateful to the International Work Group on
Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) for making this project possible.

To request for your copies, please send us a message at [email protected] and kindly answer this form. You can also check our other publications at our website cwearc.org. Thank you!

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08/04/2026

WATCH: Here’s a quick recap of CWEARC’s initiatives from October 2025 to March 2026, highlighting efforts to raise awareness on women’s rights and capacity building in advancing genuine gender equality.

These efforts were made possible through meaningful collaboration with women’s organizations in the Cordillera who are at the forefront of defending land rights and upholding dignity.

08/04/2026

‘Just a joke?’ Baguio women challenge normalized misogyny

Read the full article and uncover how misogyny or gender-based violence are deeply rooted systemic issues and why collective action is urgently needed: https://nordis.net/2026/04/02/article/feature/just-a-joke-baguio-women-challenge-normalized-misogyny/?amp=

6 MIN READThe backlash over Romeo Ogong’s remarks during Ibaloy Day showed how “just a joke” is often used to dismiss sexist language. For many women and young people in the city, misogyny is not abstract. It is familiar, personal, and embedded in everyday public life.

05/04/2026

05/04/2026

In all of these threats and experiences of harassment and intimidation, Bengwayan-Anongos said that it is natural to feel fear. This is why they recognize the need for their staff to also take time to pause and process what they are going through.