A three-day Strategic Planning Conference with DILG and LGU focal persons on ELCAC was successfully conducted by DILG Rehiyon Dose through the Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division (LGMED) on February 28–March 1, 2024, at the Dolores Tropicana Resort in General Santos City.

“With ‘Lupang Patas sa Bagong Pilipinas’, it calls for a Bagong Pilipinas where women are given equitable opportunities and not hindered by gender biases and discriminatory stereotypes.”

These were the words of DILG XII OIC - Regional Director Atty. Rochelle D. Mahinay-Sero as she rallied for gender equality and echoed the government’s Bagong Pilipinas campaign for a “renewed vision” for the country during the Regional Gender and Development Committee’s (RGADC) XII National Women’s Month held last March 8, 2024 via hybrid platform.