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Palawan’s indigenous women lead sustainable upland farming, forest protection

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PALAWAN, Philippines In a community nestled in the forested mountain range in southern Palawan, 34-year-old Jesmina Saguran and her fellow Pala’wan indigenous women wake up early in the morning with a renewed sense of self.

PALAWAN, Philippines In a community nestled in the forested mountain range in southern Palawan, 34-year-old Jesmina Saguran and her fellow Pala’wan indigenous women wake up early in the morning with a renewed sense of self.

Amid towering trees and birds melodiously singing in the background, they find themselves excitedly trooping down the mountain to check their organic vegetable demo farm located in the lowland in Barangay Inogbong, Bataraza.

“Every other day, with children in tow, we all leave our home in the mountain at 6 am, and walk for almost two hours to the demo farm,” Saguran, a mother of 8 children, told Rappler.

 

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