Women tending the Kasibu barricades against large-scale mining
At the barricade, she has found her place by turning its often-invisible work of care into a collective act of resistance.
Women tending the Kasibu barricades against large-scale mining
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One thousand parcels in an hour
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Cebu women journalists fight state repression
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Women human rights defenders face rising tech-assisted violence
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Kalinga women’s lives interwoven by defense of ancestral land
Kalinga women’s lives interwoven by defense of ancestral land
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Farmers push back against threats of eviction
Farmers push back against threats of eviction
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Camarines Sur farmers resist outsiders’ land ownership claims
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AKAB: The struggle must continue
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