The militant women’s organization Gabriela held a demonstration on Wednesday in Manila near the US embassy to demand the departure of US troops, at the conclusion of the recent round of military exercises between US and Philippine troops. Gabriela again called for the abrogation of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Joan Salvador, Gabriela secretary [...]
Libu-libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa One Billion Rising, isang kampanya para wakasan ang karahasan sa kababaihan sa pamamagitan ng sayaw. Sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City noong Pebrero 14, ginanap ang main rising na inorganisa ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’s Party, New Voice Company, at iba pang grupo. Dokumentasyon para sa One Billion Rising Philippines ng PinoyMedia [...]
Tinatayang umabot sa 15,000 katao, karamiha’y kababaihan, ang nagmartsa mula Liwasang Bonifacio patungong Mendiola, sa paanan ng Malakanyang noong Marso 8, pandaigdigang araw ng kababaihan. Protesta ang porma ng kanilang pagdiriwang — protesta sa anila’y panggagahasa ng kutsabahang Aquino at Obama (administrasyong Aquino sa Pilipinas, at administrasyong Obama sa US) sa inang bayan ng Pilipinas. [...]
Sa bisperas ng Marso 8, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan, dinahas ng pulisya ang kababaihang pinoprotesta ang umano’y pagkakanulo ni Pangulong Aquino sa mga mamamayan nito, sa usapin ng Sabah at sa pagsadsad ng USS Guardian sa Tubbataha Reef. Mapayapa nang nagdidispers ang nagprotestang kababaihan nang damputin at arestuhin ng mga miyembro ng Manila Police District ang [...]
Militant women of Gabriela surprised police when they conducted a lightning rally near Gate 7 of Malacañang Palace this morning to protest the Aquino administration’s mishandling of Sabah as well as the “rape of the motherland.” A scuffle ensued after members of Manila Police District shoved the protesting women away from Malacañang’s Gate 7. According [...]
Various militant groups called on the resignation of Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) amid the non-delivery of promised relief goods to starving victims of typhoon Pablo in Southern Mindanao. Leaders of Gabriela, Anakbayan, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan, Balsa Mindanao and Kalipunan [...]
Libu-libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa One Billion Rising, isang kampanya para wakasan ang karahasan sa kababaihan sa pamamagitan ng sayaw. Sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City noong Pebrero 14, ginanap ang main rising na inorganisa ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’s Party, New Voice Company, at iba pang grupo. Opisyal na dokumentasyon para sa One Billion Rising Philippines [...]
Umuunlad na raw ang ekonomiya. Patunay dito ang pagtaas nang 6.6 porsiyento ng Gross Domestic Product (GDP) noong 2012. Pero malayo ito sa nararamdaman ng kababaihan at mamamayang Pilipino. Para sa militanteng kababaihan, walang dapat ipagbunyi rito, dahil di naman umano ramdam ang anumang pagtaas sa GDP o pag-unlad sa ekonomiya. Hindi raw naipapakita ng [...]
“Hard times require furious dancing.” Thus said Alice Walker, American writer, activist and one of many supporters of the One Billion Rising campaign across the globe. The quote is an apt explanation for the fury and celebration that was One Billion Rising Philippines last February 14, 2013, when thousands of Filipinos — women, men and children — went on large, mostly outdoor, gatherings and danced and protested
Members of militant women’s alliance Gabriela yesterday protested the US military intervention in the Philippines, as well as the various government policies that adversely affect Filipino women and the people. And they did it through dance: a flash mob of the One Billion Rising (OBR) anthem “Isang Bilyong Babae ang Babangon” in the middle of the [...]
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