Ambassador Domingo P. Nolasco addresses the Filipino clients to inform them of the Embassy’s advocacy on women empowerment during the flag raising ceremony at the consular section held on 02 March 2020 in celebration of the 2020 National Women’s Month.

ROME 02 March 2019 –The Philippine Embassy in Rome kicked off the Philippine-wide celebration of National Women’s Month with a flag-raising ceremony attended by Embassy personnel and clients, followed by a talk by Ambassador Domingo Nolasco on the reason behind the celebration in the Embassy’s consular section.

During the flag ceremony, the Embassy showed a video released by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) featuring remarkable Filipino women across history. The video was meant to accompany the singing of the Philippine National Anthem. This was followed by the “Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat ng Pilipinas”.

Ambassador Nolasco then addressed the Filipino clients in the consular section on the meaning of the National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) theme, “We Make Change Work for Women”, with emphasis on how the Embassy supports women empowerment through its various programs. He explained the salient provisions of the Magna Carta of Women (R.A 9710) contained in the flyers, which were distributed to Filipino clients after the flag-raising ceremony. He likewise encouraged the Filipino clients present to support the Embassy’s efforts in ending discrimination and violence against women by reporting such cases, if any, to the Embassy, for action.

A series of activities would be conducted by the Embassy in connection with the NWMC such as the provision of special lanes for women, continuation of its regular jail visits to women detainees as part of its assistance to nationals program, the conduct of gender and development activities for the benefit of the Filipino community, information dissemination using its social media platforms, and the wearing of purple office attire by the Embassy personnel on all the Fridays of the month to symbolize its support to the NWMC’s cause, among others. END

Ambassador Domingo P. Nolasco announces the provision of special lane for women during the flag raising ceremony at the consular section held on 02 March 2020 as part of the National Women’s Month Celebration.

Ms. Renell Martinez, consular assistant, wears purple in a show of solidarity to the Philippine Commission on Women’s cause and distributes flyers on Magna Carta of Women to men and women clients at the consular section on 02 March 2020 in celebration of the 2020 National Women’s Month.