Personnel from the Philippine Embassy in Rome and its partner agencies watched videos showing the common issues affecting women with disabilities.

ROME 25 March 2019 – In celebration of the 15th Women with Disabilities Day, all personnel of the Philippine Embassy in Rome and its partner agencies huddled together after work at 5:30 pm (CET) on 25 March 2019 at the consular section of the Embassy to increase their awareness on how to treat clients who are classified as women with disabilities.

All personnel watched videos showing the plight of women with disabilities and the issues confronting them. Afterwards, they watched informative videos that discuss who constitute women with disabilities and how to treat them. One of the videos featured the common mistakes committed by people in the customer service industry in dealing with people with disabilities and showed the proper way of handling their concerns.

Another video showing how women with disabilities can make meaningful contributions to society was also shown as it highlighted this years’ theme, “Sabay-sabay, Pantay-pantay sa Pag-unlad ng mga Kababaihang May Kapansanan” announced by the Philippine’s National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA).

Proclamation No. 744 dated 06 December 2004 declares the last Monday of March of every year as Women with Disabilities Day.

Proper treatment of persons with disabilities has always been advocated by the Embassy as it ensures the provision of priority lane to persons with disabilities when rendering consular services and assistance to nationals.

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Personnel were made aware of the common mistakes committed by people in the customer service industry in dealing with persons with disabilities.

A video emphasizing the double burden of women with disabilities (discrimination on account of gender and on account of disability) was likewise shown.