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2002 Interview with Joy Valdez, Former Mayor of Bacolod (4/4)

 
Synopsis:
Even after Corazon Aquino became the Philippine’s first woman president in 1986, it was still over a dozen years before a woman would became Mayor of the capitol city of the province of Negros Occidental. Woman’s advocacy in the Philippines, fueled by the realization of the power women [...]

2002 Interview with Joy Valdez, Former Mayor of Bacolod (3 of 4)
 

As the Mayor becomes more relaxed in the interview she also becomes more animated.
MV: And this is very true in the dynamics in Barangays. Why? If you look at the work load, the work assignments, if its the sound system, its the men. If its the stage, [...]

2002 Interview with Joy Valdez, Former Mayor of Bacolod (2 of 4)
 

As Joy answers my questions with depth, she shows a combination of grace and energy. She even shares her humor.
MV: Yes, I think… Actually when you look at the way I evolve myself in my career it just came to me. I didn’t expect that I’ll [...]

2002 Interview with Joy Valdez, Former Mayor of Bacolod (1 of 4)
The first and only woman to become Mayor of Bacolod City talks about women’s advocacy… how she has held her ground in the male-dominated battlegrounds of Philippine politics… and how, as a woman, she has stayed centered and true to who she is.
On my second day [...]