Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting two prominent women’s business organizations in the Philippines to formalize their collaboration in preparation for our hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2026.
The Women’s Business Council Philippines Inc. and Philippine Women’s Economic Network sealed their official collaboration, specifically to advance the representation of Filipino women entrepreneurs in the ASEAN. As chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines, I represent the Philippines’ private sector as we give counsel and provide feedback to governments and the ASEAN to boost our efforts towards economic integration.
I agree that it is important that Filipino women know what the ASEAN is all about so that they can be more active, productive innovative and responsive to economic challenges, especially as we plunge into regional economic integration. The Philippines’ chairmanship of the ASEAN come 2026 is an opportunity to put women in the ASEAN consciousness – and vice versa, for Filipina entrepreneurs to become aware of their place in the ASEAN – so that the women’s agenda no longer becomes an afterthought.
The last time we hosted the ASEAN was in 2017. To this day, I still receive compliments on our handling of that event. Even our legacy program for our chairmanship in 2017, the ASEAN Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Network, is progressing quite well. It now has 194 graduates from all the ten ASEAN member-states, all mentored using modules we created right here in the Philippines.
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