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Women often bear much of this burden, even as they take an active role in resisting the forces that threaten their homes and livelihoods.
At the barricade, she has found her place by turning its often-invisible work of care into a collective act of resistance.
For Gilda Salazar Laag, if it were not for the mangroves, more would have been dead from Yolanda.
Amid the warming climate and the looming impacts of large-scale extractive mining projects, women like Peralez, Millomeda, and Decena, from fishing, farming, and religious backgrounds across Mati City have come together to protect one of the most ecologically critical areas in their town.
Individual creation is insufficient when dismantling a rotten system.
“The irony is glaring: a former police chief who once wielded the authority of the State now refuses to submit himself to legal process."
“We gather here together because we don’t have a grave to mourn at."
Despite the somewhat funny concept, they were serious about their goal: Stop the oil exploration in the Tañon Strait by Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX).
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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
For Gilda Salazar Laag, if it were not for the mangroves, more would have been dead from Yolanda.
Amid the warming climate and the looming impacts of large-scale extractive mining projects, women like Peralez, Millomeda, and Decena, from fishing, farming, and religious backgrounds across Mati City have come together to protect one of the most ecologically critical areas in their town.
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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