Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver celebrates 2018 International Women's Day

13 March 2018 - The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver celebrated the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2018 in a simple ceremony at the Consulate’s reception area. Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer delivered a short message to participants highlighting the major contributions of women in society and Vice Consul Ma. Charmaine D. Guevara shared updates on the current administration’s initiatives on women.

As part of the Consulate’s celebration, a special lane for women was assigned to serve the needs of women, children and elderly clients.Brochures and pamphlets on women, i.e. Magna Carta of Women, domestic violence and other relevant information from the Philippine Commission on Women were distributed. These will also be available throughout the month of March.

Clients were treated to free coffee and cookies the whole day, as well as freebies like purple ribbons for clients to wear, coin purses with the National Women’s month logo, and post-its from the Department of Tourism.END

Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer delivering his message to participants of the International Women’s Day celebration

Vice Consul Ma. Charmaine D. Guevara sharing updates on the present administration’s initiatives on women

Free coffee and cookies were provided to clients as part of the International Women’s Day celebration

A Special Lane for women was set up during the day as special service to women clients

Purple ribbons and coin purses with National Women’s Month logo are some of the freebies distributed to PCG clients during the day