In preparation for the CY 2021 National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) with a theme “We Make Change Work for Women: Juana Laban sa Pandemya: Kaya!”, the Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) XII conducted its 1st Quarter Meeting via zoom video conference recently.

RGADC XII Chairperson/ DILG XII Regional Director, Josephine Cabrido- Leysa, CESO III, highlighted a quote from Purnina Mane which states, “A world full of empowered women isn’t one where men are marginalized. It’s a world where everyone thrives.”

SOCCSKSARGEN Region is set to receive Php 1.24 billion from the Php 16.4 billion barangay development fund allotted by the national government for the implementation of the Executive Order No. 70 this year.

Also dubbed as the Whole of Nation Approach program, EO 70 aims to end communist-armed conflict in the country.

A total of 62 barangays in the Region originally cleared and identified by the National Task Force – End Local Communist-Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for CY 2020 will receive Php 20 million each as support to barangay development programs (SBDP) under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF).