18/03/2026
𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.✨🩷
Empowerment isn't just about giving women a seat at the table, but recognizing they’ve always belonged there. To all the women out there: 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮. 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Notable Filipino Women who dedicated most of their lives to the community:
• 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐨 "Tandang Sora" as the "Mother of the Philippine Revolution".
• 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐚 𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐚 as the "Florence Nightingale of the Philippines".
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨, the founder of the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines.
• 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚, the pioneer of Filipino food and a humanitarian.
• 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰, founder of Asociacion Feminista Ilongga.
• 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐳, the co-founder of the Philippine Women’s University and the Asociacion de Damas Filipinas.
• 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐎𝐝 𝐎𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐲 known as the mambabatok or a traditional artist of the Cordillera Region.
• 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚 known as the "Visayan Joan of Arc".
• 𝐀𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐨, a scientist who co-founded Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt), an LED lamp that works on saltwater.
𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙚! 🌸