“Rape is rape. Rape is indignity. No matter the nature or specifics, rape is a violation of a person’s humanity.”
‘A ruling for rapists,’ Gabriela on SC ruling
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One Billion Rising 2019 launched
MANILA — Hundreds of women from different organizations gathered on Sunday morning, Nov. 25 to formally launch One Billion Rising (OBR) 2019 at Luneta Park in Manila. The event’s theme: Babae ako, Lumalaban sa Abuso. Present at the launch was former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares who expressed continuing solidarity in eliminating violence against women.…
Students strengthen call to fight violence against women
“We need to educate. We need to act and mobilize.”
#OneBillionRising in Manila | Eve Ensler demands justice for Filipino women
American playwright and activist Eve Ensler joined the #OneBillionRising events in the Philippines this year. She demands justice for the Lumad women and for Filipino women and girls who are victims of sex trafficking. Video and editing by Anne Marxze D. Umil and Ronalyn V. Olea Produced by
#OneBillionRising | Church women dance for Lumad
MANILA — Church women participateD in the global campaign to end violence against women and children dubbed as One Billion Rising (OBR). On its fourth year, the Philippine’s OBR is widely participated by women, men, children and youth across sectors. For the ecumenical church people, it is a dance of solidarity with the struggling people.…
#LabananAngAbuso | ‘One woman or child is raped every 53 minutes’
“Impunity exists because social structures that should ensure the protection of women and children from violence do more harm by being indifferent and even anti-women.”
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘The worst president’ – women’s group
“Due to prevalent joblessness, contractualization, low salaries and for opening our economy to foreign plunder, we present this award to Aquino: ‘Pinakapahirap Award.’” – GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus
Violence against women and children, a social malady
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The festering, worsening economic and social crisis has not only resulted in widespread poverty and hunger, worsening social inequities and injustices, but also an alarming increase in cases of violence against women and children. A recent survey involving 42,000 women in all 28 European Union countries revealed the harrowing situation…
Women’s rights advocates question PHL’s gender equality performance
Man story: Rape, cases of violence against women on the rise – Gabriela Retired professor Vilma Gonzales of the local Network of Women raised her doubts over the country’s international ranking in gender relations as “sexual abuses, rape, among others still abound with most perpetrators go unpunished.” By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today KIDAPAWAN CITY,…
How to stop sex scandal, women activists suggest ways
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
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Gabriela hopes to “mobilize the public to use the internet in solving one of the scourges of electronic harassment, bullying and violence against women.”