02/03/2026
Celebrating National Womenโs Month! ๐ธ
As we honor women today, we also recognize the importance of womenโs health, empowerment, and well-being. Every woman deserves access to quality care, respect, and support at every stage of life.
Let us continue to advocate for stronger, healthier women and communities. ๐
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
This 2026 is a Landmark Year for the Women's month celebration, with the the sub-theme, โLead like the Babaylans, Filipinas!โ, the DOH and PCW reaffirms that womenโs leadership is a fundamental part of Filipino identityโjust as in the time of the revered Babaylans, when women held influence and authority equal to men.
It highlights the distinctive leadership qualities of Babaylansโwomen leaders in pre-colonial Philippines whose authority was grounded in wisdom, empathy, mediation, and moral guidance rather than force or hierarchy.
Babaylans led through inclusion, spiritual insight, and collective care, safeguarding communities and guiding them through conflict. By drawing from these qualities, the celebration underscores how womenโs leadership fosters balanced, resilient, and empowered communitiesโan approach that remains relevant today.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ?
For DOH-retained hospitals and Local Government Units: In line with Section 17 (Womenโs Right to Health) of RA 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, which mandates the provision of comprehensive health services for women, DOH-retained hospitals and LGUs are encouraged, as may be allowed, to support HPV testing and vaccination activities for women and adolescents, such as free or subsidized HPV screening, vaccination, access to reproductive health services, cervical cancer screening, refer victims of abuse to the 16 WCPUs/WCPDs in MIMAROPA and the improved access to maternity packages, improved pregnancy tracking in the LGUs, RHUs and even in underserved and unserved areas.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ-๐ฌ๐ฎ:
https://pcw.gov.ph/pcw-memorandum-circular-no-2026-02-guide-for-the-2026-national-womens-month-celebration/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQRrJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPZG8wamRvTmtOSG16MlRwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHseCO2uAscislwniaBA-dIfyruj3l7h5q9PDwbQ23Zqx1VVh3mWIZYqYBTLk_aem_OvwMKjxfJ6kR5bqYEXdJFA
๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐:
https://pcw.gov.ph/2026-national-womens-month-celebration/
๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11Xq6KFgd9TX_MYwoUN6N_1l1-5KpBxqe?usp=drive_link
