My parents weren’t involved in any local movements but I am. I was introduced with the way Gabriela organization moves as well as how social workers acts as change agents. Both wanted movement towards change and development socially, economically and politically. I believe that women and children needs protection against violence and discrimination. Empower our people and community towards oppression, especially those on marginalized sectors. Regardless of the race, age, gender, and or considered to be on the poverty level should have the opportunity to learn and benefit from public education. Recognize accurate assistances for the eligible people who are in need. More employment opportunities with benefits for those who are unemployed, which are based on their skills or capabilities, graduated or not.
To solve social prolems, the state should make social policies that is truly accurate based on the current conditions of our people, community, and the society. And our community should have a proper response towards social issues that they are attached into, and are eager to cooperate on these policies to make a more ideal condition for all. As a Filipino youth and a social work student, I’m aware on how our country moves slowly towards development in terms of giving the people the right to access services that are supposed to be given by the government from the taxes that we pay them.
The Philippines is a fractured democracy, where feudal practices persist and where the greater national budget is dedicated to servicing foreign debt and paying a bloated bureaucracy, or is wasted on fake or overpriced development projects. There is very little for social programs. We believe that foreign aid is wasted when poured into the coffers of rich politicians for projects they design to benefit their own family businesses or those of their cronies. Even disaster relief money is squandered and dissipated through corrupt practices.
We have different political philosophies, we might agree and disagree on some levels but somehow we are all aware that we still have long way to go before we can feel very happy about our ability to resolve many social problems and a long way to go before our country works as well as it should.
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