DSWD-7 Encourages Women to Join KALIPI

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII encourages women to join and be an active member of Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) Nasyonal Federation.

As an organized people organization (PO) of women initiated by DSWD, KALIPI Nasyonal aims at strengthening and institutionalizing of national and local programs for women.

“I encourage women groups or organizations to be part of KALIPI,” said Ms. Ma. Socorro M. Alfafara, national and regional president of KALIPI Nasyonal, during the culminating activity of the Women’s Month celebration last April 1 at the Social Hall of Cebu City Hall.

“Common reasons that hinder them to join us are dili lang sa ko kay busy ko sa balay o akong negosyo (I cannot join because I am busy at home or in my business), but so far in all my orientation I have not encounter a single women who refuse to become a KALIPI member,” Alfafara said.
Alfafara emphasized that one of the rights of being a women is to join in any organization especially if it’s for her self-advancement.

“There are already many empowered Filipina but we still continue to reach out as many women especially those who belong to the poor, marginalized and vulnerable sectors,” Alfafara said as she was able to travel and interact women around the country.

“The KALIPI direction is for women empowerment, meaning, we have to link with DSWD and other national government agencies who have programs and services for women. Just recently, DSWD is considering us to be a partner in implementing its programs because can go down to the grassroots level,” Alfafara added.

“Little by little, as we do the movement, we also want them to improve in the four aspects of their life; social, economic, political and cultural,” she underscored.

She mentioned that KALIPI is very much active in the region 7 but Bohol and Siquijor is not yet federated as a province-wide organization.