"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead (1901 – 1978) US Anthropologist
The Collective
The collective is composed of women who are:
* Catalysts for gender responsive rights based change;
* Capable implementers of projects and activities in the areas of Research and Media, Education & Training, Policy Advocacy and Partnership Building;
* Empowered individual women in a collective formation whose skills, knowledge and resources shall ensure that human rights with a particular emphasis on women’s human rights are addressed in all its activities;
* Feminists who believe that transparency and accountability are fundamentals in a feminist dialectics of the personal is political;
* Committed not only to change society but change themselves in a continuing search for knowledge, honing their skills because they believe that education and empowerment are continuing processes in nurturing our organizational and personal lives.
The WEDPRO Collective (2005-2008)
Edna de la Cruz * Irene Daguno * Rowena (Wena) Festin) * Purificacion (Puring) Gilbore * Pauline S. Hortelano, Nancy Endrinal Parreño * Norimyl (Bobot) Pedrocho * Alexandrina (Reena) Marcelo * Rosalinda (Len) Mesina * Ma. Dulce F. Natividad * Rachelle Ong * Aida F. Santos * Ana Maria (Mari) Santiago * Rhodora May (Sam) Sumaray * Damcelle Torres * Sandra B. Torrijos