TITLE:
Women Empowerment in Leading Environmental Education (EE) and Waste Management Advocacy (WMA) among Mothers in the Maritime University (JBLFMU-Molo) Philippines
AUTHORS:
Rolando A. Alimen, Emily R. Portal, Ma. Eddie A. Sia, Camila Jill R. Belandres, Elsie F. Gancia
KEYWORDS:
Women Empowerment, Waste Management Advocacy, Environmental Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
18,
2020
ABSTRACT: The study determined women empowerment on environmental education (EE)
and waste management advocacy (WMA) in the maritime university, Philippines.
The researchers of this study employed a quantitative-qualitative research
design. This study’s respondents were the fifty-six (56) mothers of the
students at JBLFMU-Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines. The results of this study
revealed that as an entire group majority of the respondents have a “high”
level of environmental education” and “high level of waste management
advocacy.” When classified according to status as mothers have a significant
difference in environmental education (EE), the most dominant activities
towards solid waste management are the following: reporting the abundance of
trash in the community, recycling the unused things, doing compost, discussing
with the Barangay officials the trash problem in the city, getting involved in
the community to help improve the self-esteem of being a woman, and
volunteering for religious reasons. The roles of the mothers leading towards
women empowerment in environmental education (EE) and waste management advocacy
(WMA) were categorized into three “themes,” such as 1) educators and models, 2)
advocators and initiators, and 3) helpers and collaborators.