COMPOSTELA VALLEY — The AFP is lying when it charged the NPA of recruiting child soldiers. Worse, it is in fact the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who has been doing it, recruiting and using child warriors. This is the gist of a statement emailed to Bulatlat by Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesperson of the…
Category: Women & Children
Women’s Group Calls for Reversal of Arroyo’s Oppressive, Exploitative Policies
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Women’s group Gabriela has put forward ten demands ranging from the promotion of national sovereignty through the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement, to the release of women and all political prisoners, to providing social services and immediate relief to the people.
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
Members of Gabriela trooped to the residence of president elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to demand freedom of women and all political prisoners. According to Gabriela, 61 of the 344 political prisoners under the Arroyo regime are women.
Slideshow: ‘Project Runaway’ Highlights Protest Fashion
“Project Runaway” Protest Fashion
News in Pictures: Gabriela Celebrates Poll Victory in Fashion Show; Challenges Noynoy to Take Righteous Path
As part of the victory and thanksgiving celebration of Gabriela Women’s Party in relation to the success it achieved in the May elections, a restaging of the satirical fashion show Project RunAway was held on Friday at the Amoranto Theater in Quezon City. Project RunAway Season Finale not only tackled the anomalies in the recently concluded national elections but also focused on the challenges the Aquino administration will face. The show is an allusion to Noynoy’s ‘daang matuwid’ campaign slogan, a dare for him to take the lead by action, not by abstract rhetoric.
Cases of Abuse of Household Helpers Increasing, Gabriela to Push for Laws for their Protection
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Mary Jane Sollano, then 13, Aljane Bacanto who was then 16, and Gina Renecia who was then 15, were recruited to work as household helpers. What followed were years of abuse – of being hit with wood, iron bars and chains, heads slammed on walls, being made to endure hunger – for the slightest of reasons.
Gabriela Highlights Project RunAway: The Election Season Collection
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The fashion show, also a satirical commentary, serves as platform — literally and figuratively — for the people’s issues.
The Haute Couture as Mirror of Burning Issues of the Time
By ANNE MARXZE D UMIL
Gabriela’s 30-piece haute couture will mirror “the real issues haunting the “runaway” administration of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Gabriela Reveals Election Season Collection in Satirical Fashion Show
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
These “bold yet wearable” creations mirror a host of social issues and concerns ranging from poverty, press freedom, good governance, human rights, social justice, and national patrimony.
First Automated Overseas Absentee Vote Goes to Progressive Senatoriables, Villar-Legarda Tandem
Press Release 10 April 2010 She was the first to hold the official ballot of the automated election scheme, the first to use the designated pen and the first to feed the valid ballot in the PCOS. Her vote went to the progressives. It was a flurry of firsts for Rowena dela Cruz,…
The Courage and Commitment of Judy Taguiwalo
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Online and in the streets, Judy Taguiwalo is an inspiration to a new generation of Filipino activists, particularly women activists. Her world view is shaped by our nation’s history — a history that not too many Filipinos had the courage to confront nor the opportunity or inclination to take part in. She insists on correcting mistakes and learning from them. And she roasts a mean chicken with Kikkoman and lemon grass.