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 […]
Militant women from Gabriela stormed the embassy of the United States this morning and clashed briefly with police guarding the area. The group is protesting what they call the “rape” of theTubbataha Reef. The group is calling for a deeper investigation of the grounding of USS Guardian, saying the said incident is part of the […]
The militant women’s group Gabriela protested the appointment of Gen. Emmanuel Bautista as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In a picket in front of Camp Aguinaldo, Gabriela called the newly appointed Bautista an “author of deception.” Bautista authored the Oplan Bayanihan, the government’s counter-insurgency program. The group alleged that […]
They rise, speak and stand against violence inflicted on women and children. They are men of stature from different fields of endeavor. They are the V-MEN. The militant women’s alliance Gabriela, together with Gabriela Women’s Party-list, and the New Voice Company launched the V-MEN Philippines on January 17 at the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City. The […]
Kasabay ng pagdinig ng Korte Suprema sa oral arguments laban sa Anti-Cybercrime Law, naghain ang dalawang babaing kongresista ng amyenda sa Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act (RA 9262) para isama ang E-VAW o karahasan laban sa kababaihan gamit ang information communications technology (ICT). Umano’y hindi ang Anti-Cybercrime Law ang magpoprotekta sa kababaihang biktima ng prostitusyon at iba pang porma ng […]
"What I’ve really been struck with is the incredible power of the women of the Philippines..."
World-renowned author of The Vagina Monologues and women’s rights activist Eve Ensler visited the Philippines this December 2012 to witness the developments in the grassroots campaign to end violence against women. She visited provinces and urban poor communities in Metro Manila, where she witnessed in Payatas, Quezon City the “marrying of capitalism and sexism” — […]
