Published April 2, 2021, 10:37 AM
Eight outstanding Filipino women in the field of agricultural research and development have been awarded the prestigious Meryl Williams Fellowship by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven Robinson AO made the announcement, citing the awardees’ “demonstrated capacity for leadership and innovation, their research excellence, and their commitment to agricultural development”.
“The Australian Government is at the forefront of efforts to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Meryl Williams Fellowship is one of these efforts, focusing on supporting women who are steering transformational changes in agricultural research,” Robinson said in a statement on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
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President Duterte placed the Philippines under a state of public health emergency in mid-March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after health authorities confirmed localized transmission of the virus.
The Department of Health (DoH) repeatedly urged the public to avoid crowded places and observe social distancing as among the precautionary strategies against the spread of COVID-19.
As part of this measure, the President decided to suspend classes in areas affected by the outbreak on the first week of the enforcement of an enhanced community quarantine to prevent possible exposure of students to the virus and to contain the spread of the disease.