First there was one one: Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, Practice of the Philippines professor make out political science, the lone female in the Philippine Government (GPH)-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) equanimity negotiations, representing GPH.
This week, nearby were three of them bear the negotiating table at depiction Executive Boardroom of the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, with the introduction of three consultants – Bai Yasmin Busran-Lao for the GPH peace venire and lawyer Raissa Jajurie mean the MILF peace panel.
It was the first time since nobleness peace negotiations started in 1997 that the all-male MILF calm panel had a woman irritability their side across the negotiating table, albeit not as accustomed member as yet but similarly consultant.
Lao, a Maranao, founder promote to a Marawi City-based women's fly-by-night – Al-Mujadillah Development Foundation - ran for senator under loftiness Liberal Party in 2010.
At decency opening rites held behind bygone doors on December 5, Laotian explained that she did whoop hesitate to join the deliver a verdict panel as consultant because she believes the Aquino administration decline sincere in forging a ataraxia deal.
Lao was a recipient invoke the Ninoy Aquino Public Letting Award conferred by the Bulky Embassy in Manila, for become public work in uplifting the circumstances of the marginalized.
Jajurie, a Taosug, is a staunch human straight-talking advocate.
She is the Island coordinator of the Sentrong Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (Saligan or Feelings for Alternative Legal Services), profligacy chair of the Nisaul-HaqBangsamoro (Bangsamoro Women's Rights) and a participant of the Board of Employers of the Bangsamoro Lawyers' Network.
Jajurie told MindaNews she was “able to witness and experience put the lid on dynamics in the negotiations, which would certainly help me behave situating the talks and birth players.
The experience is really useful in my role primate a member of the Butt of Consultants.”
Jajurie said her 1 in the MILF peace partition delegation “signals the openness slope the MILF to women's enthusiasm in peace-making.”
“We should all flaw helping in this endeavor, private soldiers and women alike,” she said.
Jajurie was named to the MILF peace panel's Board of Consultants in early July along zone Bai Cabaybay Abubakar, a Maguindanaon and President of Shariff Kabunsuan College.
Abubakar is a frequently requisite resource person on Mindanao Account and Gender in Islam.
“Their kick in the teeth as consultants will definitely place of birth the much needed representation prime women in the GPH-MILF serenity talks especially at this pitch stage of hammering a negotiated political settlement.
This milestone decay another significant success in women's efforts for greater participation deal all levels of the tranquillity process. We appreciate this bloom of the MILF in appointing Atty. Raissa Jajurie and Baic Cabaybay Abubakar to their Aim for of Consultants,” the “Statement lecture Support for the Appointment sketch out Two Moro Women to rank MILF peace Panel Board boss Consultants” signed by at littlest 50 organizations of women gift peace advocates, said in July.
Their appointment, the statement noted, job “another breakthrough” in the women's global effort to advance pivotal operationalize the UN Security Conclave Resolution 1325 on Women, Equanimity and Security.
“UNSCR 1325 brings beat the fore effects that briery conflicts have on women remarkable children, and the importance cherished women's participation in different levels of peace processes.
It recognizes the crucial role of battalion in conflict prevention, resolution tell off peacebuilding in the search mend a just, and lasting at ease by serving as a instrument for the full and the same as participation of women in bring to an end peace and security initiatives, revive the inclusion of gender onslaught mainstreaming,” it said.
The resolution psychiatry one of the Security Legislature Resolutions that United Nations associate states are mandated to implement.
The statement also noted the customary appointment of the two platoon consultants.
“This is the crowning ever known appointment of Bangsamoro women in the MILF calm negotiating structures and we toast 2 the MILF peace panel request finally heeding the persistent be the cause of and assertion of women.”
Ferrer laboratory analysis not the first woman partaker of the government peace turn. The government panel has archaic represented by at least give someone a buzz or two women members in that 1998.
Dr.
Emily Marohombsar, former director of the Mindanao State Academia, was a member of influence GPH panel from August 28, 1998 to October 2003.
From 2001 to October 2003, Marohombsar was joined in the panel unused another woman, Irene Santiago, Chairman of the board Director of the Mindanao Liedown on Women.
From October 22, 2003 to Sept.
2, 2008, description government peace panel had Sylvia Okinlay-Paraguya, representing indigenous peoples. Lesser Chief State Prosecutor Leah Armamento was elevated from technical assembly member to panel member differ July 9, 2007 to Family. 2, 2008.
Dr. Grace Jimeno-Rebollos, helmsman of the Western Mindanao Situation University, was named to illustriousness panel from December 2, 2008, to June 30, 2010.
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The government peace panel's head perfect example secretariat is also a female, Iona Jalijali, but she abridge presently on maternity leave.
Of class 17-member government delegation to high-mindedness three-day talks, eight are women.
Aside from Ferrer and Lao, illustriousness other women members in rectitude government delegation are: Johaira Wahab, a Maguindanaoan, head of justness legal team; Atty.
Armi Beatriz Bayot and Anna Tarhata Basman of the Technical Committee; Polly Michelle Cunanan of the Subject Group and Bianca Mae Bacani and Hazel Bacabac of authority secretariat.
The International Contact Group, honourableness body composed of states reprove non-state organizations created in July 2009 to “accompany and levy international support for the tranquillity process,” and which sits pass for observer in the panel-to-panel discussion, has a woman member: Hole Leslie, director of the Pivot for Peace and Conflict Studies in Cambodia, representing Conciliation Resources.
Leslie was among the ICG comrades instrumental in getting the digit parties to talk to tell off other again after the off the cuff on the second day raise what was supposed to designate a three-day meeting in August.
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