Rights
The Human Rights, Media, Peace and Democratization Program aims to promote the respect for human rights, equal access to government services, media professionalism and strengthening of democratic systems and processes.
Several aspects in the Philippine society still lacks the fundamental elements of democracy and many sectors have been deprived access to democratic institutions and processes. PCSDI has been at the forefront of promoting people empowerment in the southern part of the country including the promotion of women’s rights, indigenous people’s claim of their ancestral domain, peace-building and development and professionalism of the media sector.
Ecolink Women’s Network
The Ecolink Women’s Network is an alliance of 17women’s organizations in southern Philippines, mostly grassroots-based and composed of women from different cultural minorities. Its mission is to promote an atmosphere of equality in the society where a woman enjoys the utmost political, economic and cultural liberty. It has received funding from the Urgent Action Fund, ADB,…
Campaign against Mining in the Southern Philippines
PCSDI leads in the conduct of research and technical assistance to indigenous communities in Southern Philippines being displaced by large-scale open-pit mining. A Primer on Mining in Southern Philippines has also been published through the project, paving the way for an even broader network of civil society organizations and concerned individuals fighting against open pit…
