During a side event organized by TESDA and Coca-Cola Philippines at the UN session of CSW68, delegates from the Philippines outlined the recent strategies for gender equality, empowerment, and poverty reduction which include digital literacy programs and initiatives to empower women in entrepreneurship through digital platforms and facilitating access to resources for small business development.

At a co-sponsored United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) side event, DSWD Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar speaks on behalf of the Philippines at the Launch of the Gender Action Plan to support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the UN Headquarters in New York.

DSWD Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar emphasized the Philippines' commitment to social protection programs, such as the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project and the Sustainable Livelihood Program, aimed at alleviating poverty among women and girls at the United Nations CSW68 Interactive Panel Dialogue in New York City.

Commissioner Faydah M. Dumarpa, Commission on Human Rights at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) Side Event: Innovative Partnerships to End Trafficking in Women and Girls.

Lunch Reception by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Mina F. Pangandaman with Singaporean Minister of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Social and Family Development Sun Xueling on the sidelines of the 68th Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Photos from: Department of Budget and Management

Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman delivered the country statement of the Philippines in the Ministerial Roundtable at the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, March 12, 2023. Photos from: Department of Budget and Management

Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman delivered the country statement of the Philippines in the 3rd Plenary Discussion of the United Nations 68th Session of the Commission on the Status Women at New York City, March 11, 2024.

Members of the Philippine delegation to the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, led by DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, met on Saturday afternoon (New York time) for a briefing on the PH delegation’s organization of work for the two-week conference to be held at the UN Headquarters from 11-22 March 2024. The Philippines’ chairship is being spearheaded by PH Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Antonio Manuel Lagdameo. Aside from the DBM, the following were also represented in the briefing: Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Commission on Women, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Presidential Communications Office and the youth and private sectors.