QUEZON CITY – The Carter Center has selected Quezon City as one of 12 cities from around the world to participate in the third year of its Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, a ground breaking effort that aims to ensure that women can seek and receive beneficial information from their governments and thrive in their communities.
“We wanted to be part of the Carter Center’s campaign because it will have a direct impact on the everyday lives of women in our city,” said Mayor Ma. Josefina G. Belmonte. “Information gives women a more meaningful voice, increases their awareness of economic opportunities, allows them to participate in decision-making, and helps them access public services. This campaign doesn’t just help women, it helps everyone.”
The overall goals of the Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign are to enhance awareness of women’s right to information, increase the number of women accessing information about municipal and social services in participating cities, and support local governments in reaching women with meaningful information.
It will include traditional and social media marketing materials, programming for both government agencies and citizen groups designed to help connect women to information, and virtual exchanges among the 35 global cities that allow participants to share ideas and best practices with each other.
Cities across the globe applied to be part of this campaign, and the finalists were chosen based on their commitment to transparency and gender equality.
The other cities taking part in the 2023 campaign are: Accra, Ghana; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Glasgow, Scotland; Kathmandu, Nepal; Lagos, Nigeria; Mérida, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rotterdam, England; and Santiago, Chile.
The campaign officially launches today on the International Day of Universal Access to Information.
For more information about the campaign and the work that the cities are doing to help women access information, visit www.cartercenter.org/info4women.
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