THE CBCP Office on Women (CBCP-OW) held a one-day training program for prospective desk coordinators on April 28 at the Holy Spirit School Multi-Media Center in Tagbilaran City.
Fifty lay leaders from different parishes and representatives of different organizations such as the Council of the Laity of Tagbilaran, Catholic Women’s League, Family Life Apostolate Pro-Life Movement, HNU Guidance Center, and Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals participated in the training seminar.
Organized by Tagbilaran bishop, Most Rev. Leonardo Medroso, and the Diocesan coordinators, the seminar was conducted to prepare desk coordinators for the task of assisting women/children in crisis situation by equipping them with necessary knowledge and skills on basic counseling, networking and netbonding.
CBCP-OW executive secretary Dr. Zenaida Rotea and Pro-Life Philippines founder Sr. Pilar Versoza, RGS led the panel of speakers coming from various government agencies who were also invited as resource persons.
Issues tackled during the seminar included Women and Child concerns, domestic violence in all its forms, poverty, ignorance, and migration.
The participants were also trained on the area of counseling principally in specific cases like domestic violence, pre-marital sex and unwanted pregnancy, post-abortion, marital crisis and sexual abuse.
The training program concluded with participants and trainors mapping out strategies on how to address the various concerns of women and children as discussed during the seminar. The basic guidelines for setting up a diocesan/parish desk were also laid out.
The Office on Women is conducting the seminar in various parts of the country as part of its ongoing program of empowering women and helping them regain their dignity. The office has so far covered 48 dioceses.
Recently, the diocese of San Jose in Antique launched its own diocesan commission on women.
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