Twenty-five (25) women local mediators from Maguindanao Provinces, Special Geographic Areas, and the City of Cotabato participated the recently concluded four-day capacity-building training entitled “Capacity Building for Community of Practice of Local Women Mediators of Maguindanao Provinces, Cotabato City, and Special Geographic Areas” on July 12–16, 2023, at Calla Hall, Paraiso Verde Hotel and Resort, Koronadal City. This is to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of the Bangsamoro women as competent local mediators in terms of mediation, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution techniques and processes, and documentation, including profiling and reporting.
“𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦,” said Hon. Hussein P. Munoz, Minister of the Ministry of Public Order and Safety, in his opening message during the event.
The Bangsamoro Government through the Ministry of Public Order and Safety, UN Women, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Relief International funding from German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of Canada, and WPS BARMM joint effort project made the aforementioned training possible.
“𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘣 𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯, 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘣 𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘺,” said Mrs. Maissalam U. Tahir, Provincial Coordinator of Relief International.
Furthermore, the participants expressed their gratitude to the Ministry and its partners for initiating the program, as it serves as a tool to minimize the conflicts that cause disturbance and destruction and to establish safe surroundings and a peaceful community. “𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨-𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘰. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘦 𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢. 𝘈𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴,” one of the participants remarked.
The Ministry recognizes the significance of women’s roles and representation in sustaining a safe and peaceful community. In addition, the Ministry through its “Intervention to Local Mediators” Program initiated this activity to encourage the active participation and involvement of Bangsamoro women in the process of achieving security, peace and order in the BARMM region.
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