Alyansa bet champions women empowerment
ALYANSA Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Camille Villar vowed to support more initiatives that will promote women empowerment in both the government and private sector.
As the nation celebrates the Women’s Month this March, Villar noted the multiple role of women in the family.
Mothers, for example, face insurmountable tasks in the household.
“Nung nasa distrito ako, ang gustong gusto kong tulungan ay ang mga nanay. Dahil bilang nanay, intinding intindi ko po ang lahat ng roles na (ating) ginagampanan,” Villar, a mother of two children, said.
“Inaalagaan natin ang mga anak natin. Inaalagaan natin ang mga asawa natin. Tapos pati minsan ang ating mga magulang, ang ating mga kapatid. Ang ating mga pamilya sinisigurado natin maayos ang pagpapatakbo ng ating bahay,” she said.
Villar also batted for equal opportunities for women, and sought for benefits such as parental leave from work.
The lady solon also cited the need to provide better access to health services, particularly reproductive and maternal health as well as mental health awareness.
She said she recognizes how challenging it is for women to climb up the work organization, which was once dominated by men.
These are the reasons why, Villar said, she also strongly support programs that encourage financial literacy and training to equip women in providing means of livelihood for their families.
During her two-term career as a legislator, Villar has been in close coordination with advocacy groups that support women causes, including Buntis Congress that educate mothers on maternal health and child-rearing, and the importance of breastfeeding.
Villar, who has been juggling her passion as a mother, a wife, a lawmaker, and an entrepreneur, said she will continue pushing for bills that promote women once given the chance to work at the Senate.
In Congress, she filed House Bill No. 10697- Pregnant Women Welfare Act, that proposes flexible work arrangements for pregnant women and postnatal mothers.
She also pushed for the passage of the Equal Maternity Protection Act. The measure seeks to grant maternity benefits to women workers in the informal economy.
