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The Philippine Embassy in London will continue its #PurpleWednesdays for the month of March in celebration of National Women’s Month. Everyone, regardless of gender, is encouraged to wear purple on the remaining Wednesdays of March to show solidarity with women around the world, and to signify support for women’s empowerment and gender equality.

This activity echoes the new recurring theme from 2023 to 2028: “WE for gender equality and inclusive society”.

Per the Philippine Commission on Women, “WE stands for Women and Everyone emphasizing the role of women themselves and everyone in the pursuit of gender equality. WE also stands for Women’s Empowerment, which can only be achieved when agencies, mechanisms, institutions, private partners, and duty-bearers from the national to the local level provide women equal rights and opportunities, and women take these opportunities to further themselves. With women and everyone in synergy, WE can make gender equality a possibility.”

Wear purple on Wednesdays and be featured in the Embassy’s social media pages. #PurpleWednesdays #WEcanbeEquAll.

 

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Ms. Maria Mazon, originally  from La Union, has been in London for close to 15 years. She believes that women should be given the same opportunities as everyone else, may it be in the realm of work or education. She emphasizes the latter, especially to her children. She maintains that “education is the key to achieving equality for everyone.”

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Ms. Nilda Beroin believes active participation in community activities is an effective way to encourage inclusivity. She shares, “As a community leader, I try to support projects of different groups, and I volunteer in different activities as long as these improve and uplift the status of our kababayans here in the United Kingdom.”