Librado urges women to continue their fight

FRESH from gracing the 13th Women’s Summit last March 1, Davao City Councilor Leah Librado-Yap feels the urgent need to address women’s concerns as the city grapples with unemployment, financial crisis and natural calamities hitting women and their children the most.
“The social milieu has been calling for drastic and immediate steps to fully address the impact of development and environmental policies particularly on the women sector and how the recent natural calamities both locally and all over the country has displaced thousands of women and their families”, says  Librado in her message.
Close to 200 participants, both men and women gender equality advocates from various sectors, gathered to unify their stand on issues concerning women’s welfare and rights.
The Women Summit is annually held in the city, as mandated by the Women Development Code to discuss issues concerning their welfare and interest. For her part, Librado lauds the city’s existing laws and legislations but says “ the local government, at all costs, has to make sure such are implemented and followed to the letter.”