As women of Butig Lanao del Sur realized that their chance of influencing the policymakers and leaders in their community is a right, not a privilege, they started the women's…

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Women coalition in Butig, Lanao del Sur advances women’s rights, community development, lasting peace

At the community level, USAID-Marawi Response Project believes in the power of locally-led advocacy — and wants to push more community-based rollouts in Ending Gender-Based Violence (EGBV) by empowering women,…

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Youth-Led Organization in Lanao del Sur Champions EGBV, Breaking Culture of Silence

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Sitio Quarry, Barangay San Antonio, Libjo, Dinagat Islands Libjo is a fifth-class municipality in the Province of Dinagat Islands.  It is…

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Ecological Warriors in a Mining Community

CARAGA Regional Science High School (CRSHS) situated in barangay San Juan, Surigao City, is a home of 26 families who evacuated on December 17, 2021, a day after the landfall…

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Surigao City evacuees unveil ‘hands-on’ experience in receiving aid, see changes in relief assistance

After the Marawi siege in 2017, thousands of Meranaws experienced a massive displacement in and around Lanao del Sur. Some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) sought refuge in the…

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Agri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security

The Indigenous Peoples and IPRA In February 1987, the Filipino people ratified what is later known as the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the first fundamental law of the Philippines that recognizes…

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All-of-Government Approach is Needed to Support IPRA for the Development of Ancestral Domains of Indigenous Peoples

Every August 12th, International Youth Day is being celebrated globally with the goal of emphasizing the active engagement of young people in any endeavor and their contributions to key themes…

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Young Innovators-Entrepreneurs in Lanao del Sur, Coffee-novates!

More than a hundred representatives and partners in the international non-governmental organizations, local government and national government agencies, civil society organizations including the national and local non-governmental organizations and its…

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Launching of Loop in the Philippines: Enabling Conversations in the Digital Shift