The Negros Occidental Provincial Council for Women (PCW) spearheaded the celebration of International Women’s Day in the province with the theme, "Kababaihang Tapat at Matatag, Sagisag ng Republikang Maunlad!"

The day’s activity started with a flag-raising ceremony at the Capitol Lagoon sponsored by the PCW, followed by a motorcade around the streets of Bacolod City, participated in by PCW officers and members coming from the towns and cities of the province.

A Negros Women’s Forum was held at the Capitol Social Hall where Judge Ray Allan Drilon gave a lecture on R.A. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006.

Board Member Mae C. Javellana who chairs the SP Committee on Women, Family & Gender Equality encouraged the women participants to unite in love and peace and encourage one another to struggle onward to better opportunities for women.

She added that women nowadays cannot afford to be pathetic towards issues that concern them; that to move against the aggression in defense of women demands a degree of commitment that comes only after a thorough and honest understanding of the experiences of a woman and the greatness of her soul.* (Capitol News)