I am Pao Arcangel (24) from Mandaluyong City. I am
currently taking up Applied
Economics and Financial Management in DLSU (expected to
graduate on October 2015).
I am just an average student who dreams to work in the
corporate world and eventually to
pursue my career in the academe by doing research and
teaching future minds. I am an
avid pursuer of knowledge in search for wisdom, truth and
understanding to find the
secrets of the universe and the meaning of life. And on
the side, who would spend time
on Anime and Manga (anything Japanese), surfing random
things over the internet,
cooking and baking, and find anything new to learn/ read.
My first AYLA Camp experience was indeed a blast. I found
AYLA in one of the post in
our College FB page and decided to attend for the sake of
adding knowledge for my
thesis which revolves around ASEAN but I got more than
what I asked for. I got to enjoy
the activities that the camp has to offer which was worth
for what I paid for (considering
that it was just a thousand pesos). I got to learn more
about what ASEAN really is and
that there are more people that are very optimistic on
the potentials that the economic
integration has to offer. I got to meet awesome people
(the participants, speakers and
organizers) who came from diverse backgrounds with
colorful, lively and good
personalities that I got to befriend and learn from. All
in all, the AYLA has really much to
offer to those who attend it, not only it will give you
an opportunity to expand your mental
horizons and get acquainted with wonderful people but it
will also make you become more
aware that you are an individual who is part of one.
Advocacy:
Gender Equality this is the advocacy that I want to
fight for where people from all walks
of life, regardless of their sex, gender, or sexual
orientation, are free from all types of
discrimination and are free to express themselves in
society. Like what my thesis would
want to make a point that gender inequality slows down
economic growth because of
these hindering factors discourages women in the society
to be more present in the labor
force thus wasting valuable labor. Persisting gender
inequalities also makes a society
prolong social injustices to women (by hindering and
denying their rights) and also to
those who belong to the LGBT community (where the stigma
of sterotypes have limit their
rights and opportunities). Also, by denying women to
access in health care and education
reduces their individual well being and also the well
being of their family, most especially
their children. All in all, by addressing gender
inequality, it could lead to benefits not only
for the individual (especially women) but also for the
children (the future labor force)
