The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the new year with an addition to its sixth Commission en banc (CEB), Atty. Faydah M. Dumarpa, as Commissioner to the CHR.
Her appointment paper was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on 28 December 2022 and was formally transmitted to CHR on 5 January 2023. Along with the rest of the CEB, Commissioner Dumarpa shall serve a full term of seven years from 2022 to 2029.
In 2001, Commissioner Dumarpa worked as a political affairs officer in the House of Representatives (HOR). Having been with the HOR for nine years, she has built the foundations for a strong background in addressing social, political, and economic concerns requiring legislative action.
She became further involved in policy and research work in 2012 as a legislative staff officer in the Senate of the Philippines, eventually earning a supervising role in the same office in 2013. She further broadened her portfolio when she joined the National Power Corporation in 2013 as a corporate lawyer.
Prior to being appointed Commissioner to the CHR, Commissioner Dumarpa served as Deputy Executive Director III for Administrative and Financial Service in the National Nutrition Council of the Department of Health in 2021. Apart from her duties to coordinate international, local, and private agencies with regards to administration and financing of the agency’s nutrition programs, she was also responsible in helping execute policies and guidelines set by the governing board. In September 2022, she joined the Procurement Service – Department of Budget and Management assuming the position of Director IV for Administrative and Financial Group.
A native of Lanao del Sur, Commissioner Dumarpa not only offers her expansive experience in the legal, socio-political, and administrative and finance fields, her Southern and Muslim roots also reflect plurality crucial to the Commission’s highest decision-making body.
Commissioner Dumarpa is a member of the Philippine Bar since 2012 after obtaining her law degree from San Beda University in 2010. She also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a bachelor in business degree from the Far Eastern University and the Philippine School of Business Administration, respectively.
Commissioner Dumarpa is the daughter of former Lanao del Sur 1st District Congresswoman Faysah Racman Pimping Maniri Dumarpa and former National Labor Relations Commission Commissioner Atty. Salic Biston Dumarpa.
CHR looks forward to her future contributions in the policy, protection, promotion, and prevention work of the Commission. Similarly, we welcome the gender balance that Commissioner Dumarpa brings to CEB VI. Her overall multidisciplinary perspective comes as a great benefit to the ever-flourishing landscape of human rights.
We are positive that with independence, pluralism, broad mandate, transparency, accessibility, and operational efficiency at the core of the institution, we can resolutely carry out our mandate for the dignity and rights of all Filipinos. ###
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