Tiangge ni Manay
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Creative Solutions, Grow, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »by: Ana Caspe Alamada, North Cotobato, Philippines --- It was Tuesday, a rainy morning in Poblacion Alamada (North Cotabato). Various farm products were brought to the public market for selling and people would come to buy- locally, they call this occasion ...
Rural women needs immense support from government
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 Posted in Creative Solutions, Grow, Resources, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »In the second day of the 4th Women's Market, members of the Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK) held a Rural Women Development Partners Forum. It served as a venue for rural women to give a situationer of their ...
Women farmers demand more support for local women’s produce, 4th Women’s Market held at Quezon City Hall Plaza
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Grow, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »Manila, Philippines (16 October 2012) — Women farmers and fishers from various regions of Luzon came together on World Food Day calling on government to establish social enterprises that focus on women and support local products in the rural areas. ...
Cherry Pie Picache, Ping Medina open country’s first women’s market
Friday, March 9th, 2012 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Grow, Poverty, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »The mood was festive, the air charged with good cheer and excitement as the Women's Market, a project of Oxfam in the Philippines and partners, set up shop for the first time in Mindanao. Oxfam ambassadors Cherry Pie Picache and Ping Medina ...
Women key to new ‘agricultural future’
Friday, March 9th, 2012 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Climate Change, Grow, News, Rural Women, Women's Market | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1884" align="aligncenter" width="502" caption="Women food producers like Aida Fernandez (a seaweed farmer from Mindanao, the Philippines' food basket) produce half of the country's food but receive less support than men."][/caption] Even as some Filipino women have broken glass ceilings and ...
Country’s first Women’s Market travels to Davao
Friday, March 2nd, 2012 Posted in Grow, Miscellaneous, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »Of the 3 out of 10 Filipino women who are poor, majority are from rural areas. The Women’s Market, the Philippines' first market of women's products and ideas, gives you a chance to help some of them concretely and to ...
The women’s market: a nod to the future of food
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Creative Solutions, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »The verdict on the world's food system has long been out. Research after research, such as our new report Weathering the Crises, Feeding the Future, have stacked up evidence of the strain the existing mode of growing food has placed the environment ...
Top chefs to open Manila’s first women’s market
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 Posted in Celebrities, Grow, Rural Women, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | 2 Comments »Manila's first and only Women's Market is back! Selling fair-trade organic produce at farm-gate prices, the Women's Market is the perfect choice for health-conscious consumers who want to support local women farmers. The Women's Market will be held on October 14, ...