{"id":6966,"date":"2017-03-09T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T01:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=6966"},"modified":"2017-03-09T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T01:20:04","slug":"the-embassy-of-france-to-the-philippines-celebrates-international-women-day-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2017\/03\/09\/the-embassy-of-france-to-the-philippines-celebrates-international-women-day-march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Embassy of France to the Philippines celebrates\u00a0International Women Day, March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In celebration of the 70 years of diplomatic relations between France and the Philippines, the Embassy of France to the Philippines organized an event to commemorate the\u00a0International Women Day as part of the &#8220;PhilFrance: Feel French !&#8221; festival on Wednesday March 8, 2017 at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of Manila,\u00a0Makati City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The event was attended by women from the fields of politics, culture and the arts, education, economy and science, as well as those from the underprivileged sectors of society, who were honored during the special function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6969\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0&#8220;But what is most important here is that if women&#8217;s rights are shared values, they are also, above all else, a common goal. March 8, unlike May 8, is not a day to commemorate the end of a long war. Despite a narrowing gap between men and women, we have not yet reached equality and the struggle continues. The fight against gender stereotypes are still firmly established in our society. The evolution of gender relations in a society is a long-term process since it is nothing less than changing values.&#8221; &#8211; Charlotte Saudin, Political Attach\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The room was also field with angelic voices as the young ladies\u00a0of Virlanie Choir performs on the stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6967\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/1-1.jpg 871w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/1-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Singer Alienette, finalist of France&#8217;s Got Talent also gave an outstanding singing performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6968\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/2.jpg 871w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The night was\u00a0ended with a film showing with\u00a0Ma\u00efwenn&#8217;s Les Bal Des Actrices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the 70 years of diplomatic relations between France and the Philippines, the Embassy of France to the Philippines organized an event to commemorate the\u00a0International Women Day as part of the &#8220;PhilFrance: Feel French !&#8221; festival on Wednesday, March 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makati"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6970,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966\/revisions\/6970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}