Conference on “Women in Islam: Understanding the Rights and Identity of Women in the Islamic World”
Venue: Ecosoc ChamberIntervention Time: March 8, 2023; 10:00-3:00PM (Intervention period 10:00-12:00) Assalamualaikum. I am Faydah Dumarpa, Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, the country’s National Human Rights Institution and Gender and Development Ombud. Since the Commission’s creation 38 years ago, I am the first Muslim woman to be appointed as Commissioner. In the […]
Speech delivered by Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the People Power
Maganda umaga po sa ating lahat. Salamat po sa inyong pagtunghay sa aming munting handog para sa inyo sa selebrasyon ng ating People Power Anniversary. Isa pong karangalan na ipagdiwang natin ang ikatatlumput anim na People Power Anniversary – ang handog ng Pilipino sa mundo. Marahil, marami na po sa atin ang hindi na natunghayan […]
Speech of CHR Chairperson, Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon, During the Launch of ‘Stories of Struggles SocDem Narratives’
Delivered 17 February 2020 at the Bulwagang Ka Pepe, CHR Central Office, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Today, we shall be engaging in a public act of collective remembrance. We do so because in this post-truth world we now find ourselves in – to say NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN shall be our way of standing – […]