INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SUMMIT 2019Empowerment measures to address age-old issuesBy GLEE JALEAAbuse and Violence. Women empowerment advocates tackled such age-old yet prevailing and urgent issues in a summit to mark International Women’s Day on March 8. and the office of the Vice President held the gathering, dubbed International Women’s Day Summit 2019, at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura Premier in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. “Women empowerment is not just about giving a woman means to earn. “Being more proactive in society turns stereotypes into powerful qualities which make women effective influencers and leaders.”Indeed, inequality, poverty, abuse and violence, are age-old issues that have long made empowerment elusive for women.

Source: Manila Times March 16, 2019 16:07 UTC