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Gabriela prepares final push for RH Bill in Congress

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The RH bill is about women's access to healthcare, the right to informed choice. This is not an issue of population control or a question of religion or faith. Lawmakers, as well as the rest of the Filipino people, should focus on the state of women and children’s 'un-health', and this should be the primary consideration when lawmakers cast their vote to end debates and interpellation on August 7.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s party
Women’s group decries Aquino’s ‘soured promises’

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“For several months now, local movements all over the Philippines have been picketing local offices of the Department of Health to protest the Aquino administration’s drive to either sell off or corporatize 26 public hospitals.” – Gabriela
‘Kitchen knife caesarean’ shows women’s ‘un-health’ – Gabriela

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The Aquino government is killing poor Filipino women with its failure to deliver the much needed pro-poor and comprehensive health care services to women." – Gabriela
How to stop sex scandal, women activists suggest ways

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Posted by Bulatlat.com
Gabriela hopes to “mobilize the public to use the internet in solving one of the scourges of electronic harassment, bullying and violence against women.”
Child labor, an offspring of ‘bankrupt employment, economic program’

By MARYA SALAMAT
Child labor arises in the Philippines because of the government’s failure in generating decent jobs. – KMU
Boys accuse village official of torture

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“When we were in the barangay hall, we were told by the barangay ex-o to undress to see if we have tattoos. When we were already undressed he electrocuted us.”
‘Jasmin’ living example of the need to amend anti-rape law — Gabriela

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“…it is our role as legislators to make sure that when victims turn to our legal system for redress, justice can and will be served in the fastest, least traumatic and least humiliating manner possible.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
Party-List advocating children’s rights hold ‘Santacruzan’ in Comelec

Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo Courtesy of Akap Bata party List / Bulatlat.com)
Gabriela supports alleged rape victim of Pantabangan Vice-Mayor

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We must continue to rage against rape especially if the accused is a public official who use and abuse their power to inflict violence." – Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
Gabriela slams gov’t indifference to case of Filipina allegedly raped by Panamanian

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We cannot have too much hospitality and too much diplomacy all at the expense of Filipino women.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
Advocacy group for indigenous peoples pushes agenda for education

By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
Since 2009, militarization has caused the closure of schools and disruption of classes in the rural areas of Mindanao.
Amended law decriminalizing vagrancy attacks exploited women – Gabriela

By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“The amended law turns a blind eye to the realities of poverty and unemployment that heightens women’s vulnerability to trafficking, prostitution and slavery." – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women's Party
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