The 18-day end violence against women campaign in the province which started last November 25 culminated on December 12 with the conduct of a symposium on the various laws protecting the rights and welfare of women.
The symposium was attended by the officers of the municipal chapters and the municipal focal persons for Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina(KALIPI), and the policewomen in charge of the Women's Desk at the Abra Provincial Command and Bangued Municipal Police Station.
Noemi B. Bachiller, the provincial focal person for the KALIPI and women concerns of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), discussed the various laws governing the protection of the welfare of women and children, they being the most vulnerable sectors of society.
The Philippine Information Agency, on the other hand, stressed the role of the community especially the law enforcers particularly the Women's Desk Officers of the PNP in preventing human trafficking.
There are cases of human trafficking in the province, most of whom were children forced into labor and into prostitution. However, due to the concerted efforts of the concerned agencies in monitoring the illegal activities, the proliferation of child laborers and minors working in red houses have been neutralized.
The symposium also accommodated the Department of Education in advocating for the propagation, consumption and processing of malunggay, tagged as the "miracle vegetable" as popularized by Glorifina Mangoltag, the Nurse-in-Charge in the DepEd-Abra Division Office.
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