Feminist programs rooted in research, education, advocacy, and care.
WSRC supports women and communities through four integrated program areas — each grounded in feminist principles, participatory methods, and the concrete realities of Mindanao women.
Research & Documentation
Participatory and policy-oriented research on labor rights, reproductive health, human rights violations, gender-based violence, and indigenous women's issues — making women's conditions visible and actionable.
Education & Training
Gender sensitivity, VAWC orientation, paralegal training, GAD, psychosocial support training, digital skills, public speaking, and grassroots capacity-building — for workers, communities, students, and professionals.
Advocacy & Campaigns
Local, national, and international campaigns for women's rights, anti-VAWC, labor rights, reproductive health, environmental justice, and indigenous peoples' rights — grounded in research and community organizing.
Direct Services
Psychosocial support, medical missions, paralegal consultation, community pantry, monitoring and referrals — direct care and assistance for women and communities under stress.
Research and Documentation
WSRC uses participatory and policy-oriented research methods to surface the concrete conditions and lived experiences of women in Mindanao. Research findings are used to inform advocacy, policy reform, and community action.
Research areas include labor rights and precarious work, reproductive health, gender-based violence, human rights violations, and the specific conditions of indigenous women, Moro women, and women workers in agriculture and industry.
- Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR)
- Community-based documentation and focus group discussions
- Policy-oriented studies for advocacy and legislative work
- Collaboration with regional, national, and international research partners
Education, Training, and Capacity Building
WSRC develops training modules, educational kits, and capacity-building programs for grassroots women, urban poor communities, workers, students, and professionals. Education is designed to be participatory, rights-based, and grounded in the learners' own realities.
Training offerings include:
- Basic Women Orientation (BWO) for grassroots communities
- Gender Sensitivity Training
- Gender and Development (GAD) Training
- Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Orientation and Training
- Paralegal Training
- Psychosocial Intervention Training of Trainers
- Leadership and Organizational Management Skills
- Digital Skills Training
- Public Speaking and Facilitating Skills
- Advocacy and Network Building Training
Advocacy and Campaigns
WSRC engages in local, national, and international advocacy to advance women's rights, gender justice, and gender-fair development. Campaigns are grounded in research, linked to community organizing, and connected to broader feminist and people's movements.
Key advocacy areas:
- Anti-violence against women and children (VAWC) — including annual IDEVAW campaigns
- One Billion Rising — annual campaign organized in Davao City
- Anti-contractualization and workers' rights campaigns
- Reproductive health rights advocacy
- Environmental justice and indigenous women's rights — including the Save Pantaron campaign
- Support for pro-women legislation: Women's Development Code, Security of Tenure Act, RH law
- Participation in Davao City Development Council and Women and Children Coordinating Body
- Electoral agenda discussions for women leaders
Direct Services
WSRC provides hands-on support to women and communities who need immediate assistance. Direct services complement WSRC's research and advocacy work by addressing urgent needs at the community level.
- Psychosocial Intervention — counseling and psychosocial support for women workers, displaced communities, and survivors of trauma
- Medical Missions — community-based health services, including the Serbisyong Kababayen-an (Women's Service) program
- Paralegal Consultation — helping women access legal information and support
- Community Pantry — initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic to support women-headed households in Bangkal, Davao City
- Monitoring and referral services for women under stress and in emergency situations
Education and training for Mindanao's grassroots communities.
WSRC's programs serve Lumad women, Moro women, settler women, urban poor communities, women workers in agriculture and industry, survivors of gender-based violence, youth, students, community leaders, government partners, and allied organizations across Southern Mindanao.
Strengthening feminist research, climate justice, and women-led action.
- Organizational strengthening and human resources development
- Climate and environmental justice research and advocacy
- Expanded collaboration with women's organizations across Mindanao
- Translating research into advocacy, policy, and collective action
- Digital capacity-building for grassroots women and partner organizations
