GABRIELA ST HOLDS SECOND REGIONAL CONGRESS
Posted by gabrielatk on March 2, 2009
GABRIELA Southern Tagalog held its second regional congress last February 28 to March 01 at Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Attended by women leaders and representatives from eight of the ten provinces in Southern Tagalog, as well as women from the peasant, workers and urban poor sectors, they vowed to consolidate and strengthen their ranks in the midst of a worsening global financial and economic crisis.
Highlights of the Congress included an input from Gabriela Women’s Party Representative and GABRIELA National Vice Chairperson Liza Maza on the current national situation as well as the input from GABRIELA National Secretary General Emmi De Jesus on GABRIELA’s 25 years of militant struggle in the Philippines.
Newly elected officers of GABRIELA Southern Tagalog are: Ivy Tanedo (Chairperson), Imelda Lacandazo (Vice Chairperson for Internal Affairs), Icel Rocafort (Vice Chairperson for External Affairs), Helen Asdolo (Secretary General), Norma Heling (Deputy Secretary General), Shirly Quelisa (Treasurer), Nimfa Lanzanas (Auditor).
