Martsa ng
Kababaihan (Women’s March)
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Posted 5:55 p.m. March 8, 2006
Under the theme “A woman’s place is in
the struggle! Oust Gloria,” around 12,000 women marched along Ayala Avenue
towards the Ninoy Aquino Monument in Paseo de Roxas, Makati City where
they held a program to commemorate International Women’s Day.
The Martsa ng Kababaihan
(Women’s March) gathered different groups belonging to different political
organizations and alliances such as Gabriela, the Bagong Alyansang
Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance), Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May
First Movement), Welga Kababaihan, Laban ng Masa, National Coalition of
Concerned Volunteers (NCCV), United Middle Class (UMC), and the Partido ng
Masa (PM or Party of the Masses). The groups called for the ouster of
Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who is facing charges of election fraud and
human rights violations.
Earlier, Gabriela members held a short
program at Welcome Rotonda that sits at the boundary of Manila and Quezon
City, and a wreath laying ceremony at the Gabriela Silang Monument also in
Makati.
Meanwhile, simultaneous protests were
held in other provinces such as Nueva Ecija, Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao and
Cebu. Bulatlat
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