Outcome Document of the Inaugural Bangsamoro Women’s Summit

From 28-29 March 2019, approximately 120 women leaders from the Bangsamoro and diaspora communities, civil society organizations working for women and peace, local governments and representatives from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and the national government gathered in Davao City, Philippines to develop a women’s agenda for the newly established political entity. In the two-day summit, the participants identified actionable areas that the BARMM could adopt in its policies, plans and programmes in cognizance of the various gender-related provisions in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). This brief serves as a summary of recommendations developed by the participants of the summit.