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Women Go

Enhancing the Role of Women in Protected Area Governance for Social Change

(Women Go)

January 2020 - December 2023
FUNDED BY

Objectives

Sustainable Development Goals
Overall Goal
Increase level of influence of rural women in Protected Area governance towards social change (Palakasin ang kakayahan ng mga kababaihan sa pamamahala ng Protected Area)

Specific Objective
Enhanced role of women as change agents and decision-makers (Pagpapaigting ng kakayahan ng kababaihan bilang change agents at pagdesisisyon para sa protected area)

Targets
  • The project aims to have at least one (1) women’s group to have active engagement as a member of the PAMB. It seeks to organize and develop the capability of women to collectively represent, engage, understand and assert their rights in PA governance. Through their participation in the PAMB, an examination of the PA Management Plan will be done to mainstream gender perspective and ensure gender inclusiveness. The community or barangay should have adopted at least 1 DRRM or NRM related activity proposed and implemented by a women’s group. At least two (2) ecological friendly options to respond to the family’s basic needs will also have been implemented.
  • Recognition of women as a relevant voice and knowledge source in environmental and PA governance is an important foundation to move forward with the project. Gender mainstreaming activities will be undertaken to promote increased participation of women in three levels: family, community/barangay (village), and the PAMB.
Major Outputs
  1. Strengthened women contribute to improve community well-being including climate resiliency.
  2. Women are able to support PA management strategies.

Updates from the field

Women are usually seen on the sidelines in environmental conservation and management in the Philippines, but these women are now on the “frontline”. See how some women leaders are becoming decision-makers for their forests and their communities.

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January 2022
How have the women of Kalipunan ng Liping PIlipina or KALIPI been “transformed” so far? Progress has been observed as they become leaders in forest conservation. Just ask Leo James Portales, MGDH-MSWDO of Real, Quezon.

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February 2022
Women leaders are banding together to protect the kalaw, or Northern Rufous Hornbill, which can be found in the forests of protected area PP 1636.

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March 2022
Women #InvestInOurPlanet too! The theme for Earth Day 2022 is “Invest in Our Planet”. We must not forget that women have long invested in our planet, like the women of Kilos Unlad ng Mamamayan ng Real, Inc. or KUMARE.

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April 2022
These women of KALIPI in the Southern Sierra Madre are working to protect the largest eagle in the country: the “Queen” of the forest, the Philippine Eagle.

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May 2022
Women leaders of protected area PP 1636 continue the legacy of Arbor Day. They are ensuring that trees are not only planted, but also protected in the Southern Sierra Madre.

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June 2022
River clean up activities took place, led by women of KALIPI or Kalipunan ng Liping PIlipina Federations of Real, General Nakar, and Infanta. Thanks to them rivers in protected area PP 1636 can continue to flow clean.

July 2022
Women leader Liezel Sarmiento shared why giving back to the community was important: “…Sa ganitong paraan ay unti-unti natutunan rin po namin na yakapin at abutin ang kapwa kababaihan, mga kabataan, at kasama na rin po ay ang pangangalaga ng kalikasan.” (…This way, we gradually learn to embrace and reach out to women and youth, while also preserving nature.)

August 2022
Women leaders in Southern Sierra Madre like Celia “Tita Aba” Ungriano know that calling for the protection of the “backbone of Luzon” must be done all year long, as it continues to face threats even after typhoon season.

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September 2022

Time for snacks that make an impact. Women in the Southern Sierra Madre learned how to utilize organic cassava chips as an enterprise.

Thanks to MASIPAG Luzon who conducted the trainings with women entrepreneurs living in protected area PP 1636.

October 2022
The women of KALIPI Cablao have “swept people off their feet” with their biodiversity-friendly walis tambo enterprise in the Southern Sierra Madre. Tiger grass can help in mitigating soil erosion and landslides.

November 2022
The women of KALIPI Real are now making and selling tablea: an ingredient made from raw chocolate, great for drinks and sweets. Raw cacao is high in antioxidants and is an excellent source of iron. Supporting women-led sustainable enterprises never tasted so sweet and chocolatey.

December 2022

Meet Edna Azugue, mother of three, and an emerging voice for women in local forest conservation.

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April 2021
Despite challenges in the “new normal”, women of Kilos Unlad Mamayan Ng Real Inc. or KUMARE show us how conserving forests is possible, on or offline.

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May 2021
Meet some of the women who aren’t afraid to volunteer as backliners in the fight against COVID-19.

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May 2021
Since 1994, these women have been working to support their communities in the midst of typhoons and other challenges. Now they level up to protect their forests.

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August 2021
The environment provides for us all, so it is no wonder that people of all ages, including 65-year-old Melanie Baay, can easily become eager stewards for the environment.

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October 2021

During Women’s Month in March, Women GO staff met with Mayor Filipina Grace R. America of Infanta, Quezon to discuss the scope of the Women GO project.

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March 2020
Meet Nanay Lourdes, who raised 16 children. Her income? Farming and harvesting natural materials from the forest to make brooms at P20 or $0.40 cents USD each.

March 2020
A poem by Women GO Community Organizer Raquel Buerano. It is in Filipino entitled, “Ang Babae, Noon at Ngayon.”

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March 2020
“…Women are the people who will bring balance to decision-making within their community.” Imee Aguillon shares this after supporting a women’s group consultation in Quezon province where the longest mountain range in the country begins.

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August 2020

Background

Problems and Threats

Women are considered major users of forest and natural resources yet their participation in decision-making of these core natural resources are limited. In particular, no women’s group currently participates in the management board or is a member of Presidential Proclamation (PP) no. 1636, although civil society participation in PA governance is enshrined in the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (Republic Act 7586) where eligible organizations are allowed to be members of the PA Management Board (PAMB).

Women should be able to make invaluable contributions in leading sustainable programs on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and livelihood.

The Solution

The Women Go project aspires to increase the influence of rural women in Protected Area (PA) governance towards social change. It seeks to empower women and highlight their role not only in ensuring family and community well-being, but also in natural resource management, which includes managing environmental risks, reducing vulnerabilities, and improving climate resiliency.

The proposed action seeks to understand women’s role and needs in the family unit and community. One of its outputs seeks to strengthen women to individually and collectively discuss their requirements to ensure family and community well-being and their role in managing environmental risk, reduce vulnerabilities, and improve climate resiliency.

At the end of the project, at least one women’s group is institutionally accredited by a relevant national agency with its members acquiring life skills that will build their confidence as environmental leaders and resource managers. The women will have significant contributions in the community in terms of leading sustainable programs on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and livelihood. 

Women Go Project Sites

Municipality of Real
Brgy. Tanauan and Brgy. Cawayan
Municipality of Infanta
Brgy. Magsaysay and Brgy. Gumi-an
Municipality of General Nakar
Brgy. Pagsangahan (Sitio Cablao)

Women Go Stakeholders

Municipal-level beneficiaries

Women organizations, namely KUMARE, KALIPI-Real Federation, KALIPI-Infanta Federation, KALIPI-Gen. Nakar Federation

Barangay-level beneficiaries

community women (specifically the KALIPI women organization) in the five barangays of Barangays Tanauan and Cawayan of the Municipality of Real, Barangays Gumian and Magsaysay of the Municipality of Infanta, Quezon, and Barangay Pagsangahan (Sitio Cablao) of the Municipality of Gen. Nakar

Municipalities of Real, Infanta, and Gen. Nakar

Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of Presidential Proclamation 1636 (PP1636) Protected Area Management Office

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