Top photos:  Social Welfare Officer IV Lucit Villanueva (left) of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Social Welfare Attaché Office (SWATO)tackled the role of SWATO in assisting Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), specifically women, during the “We Make Change: Forum on Women Empowerment” conducted yesterday at the DSWD Central Office, which put into spotlight the different issues that Filipino women face today. Ms. Gina Esguerra (right), Former Secretary General of Migrante International, a global alliance of OFWs and their families, shared the plight of women migrants who experienced sexual abuse and exploitation while working in foreign lands. 
 
Bottom photos: Other speakers during the forum were: Ms. Flora Leones (left), President of Solo Parents Association at Brgy. Payatas A, Quezon City, who shared her experience being a solo parent leader in their community despite her disability; Atty. Maricar Mon from the Civil Service Commission (middle), who discussed the employment rights and benefits of women working in government agencies; and DSWD Legal Service Division Chief Atty. Casandra Urbiztondo (right), who shared the salient features of Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, a comprehensive women’s rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women.###​