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“Today, women won over the combined forces of corporate lobby and misogynist mongering against the measure.”
Japan’s new security laws amends its pacifist constitution.
A whopping 68 percent of the Agriculture department's budget for Yolanda victims were still unreleased, even as the Yolanda-affected areas remain largely unassisted.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The Aquino government should initiate an immediate review of all international agreements on diplomatic immunity to make sure that cases such as this will never happen again.” Rep. Emmi de Jesus, Gabriela Women’s Party
Amendments to Anti-Rape Law filed by Gabriela Women’s Party (Photo by Igal Jada San Andres / Bulatlat.com)
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
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"This is all artificial." – Dr. Jean Lindo, Kalikasan Party, No to Coal-Davao
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila - A lawmaker and a labor center are protesting against the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) call to licensed nurses, nursing graduates, and other jobseekers with healthcare backgrounds to consider the array...
"This is no ordinary fashion exhibit. Ours is a way to put together these issues so people would understand." – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women's Party By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: 101 years later, women workers face the same exploitation,...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
“While it is complicated, we need to understand that oil is now primarily traded in the international futures markets… The spiraling of prices is mainly dictated by buyers and traders who gamble on the future price of oil in the name of superprofit-taking.” –...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“What is happening in Mustad is a textbook case of illegal closure...of capitalists drastically undertaking illegal and anti-worker measures because they are confident the Aquino government won’t lift a finger to harm them,” said Leandro “Ka Doods” Gerodias, KMU deputy secretary-general and president of the Alliance of Democratic Labor Organizations (ADLO).
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“We urge the Catholic community to actively participate in crafting a national policy on women’s reproductive health on the framework that full access to healthcare services is a universally recognized right and that population control is never to blame for and should not be a panacea to the country’s worsening poverty.” Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Many hospitals are charging new nurses fees in exchange for work, training and experience, which are required for nursing jobs abroad. This offshoot of the government’s exploitative labor-export policy needs to stop, according to the Gabriela Women’s Party.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“It is a challenge to the Aquino administration to address the housing question holistically, beyond the low-cost housing projects peddled as the flagship program of the government,” GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus says.
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.
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 7:00 p.m., Apr. 24, 2006 Around 500 members of the women’s group GABRIELA, most of them residents of urban poor communities, held a march earlier today to protest against low wages amid the rising prices of prime commodities. Prices of basic...
Video: Filipino Women Take a Day Off to March
By MARYA SALAMAT
Gabriela, the country's foremost alliance of progressive women's organizations, has declared March 8, International Women's Day, as a “day off” for Filipinas, a day to be spent out in the streets, marching, protesting and asserting their rights. “The worsening economic and political crisis under the Arroyo government is burdening women and families more than ever and spurring more women to join collective actions to demand for their rights and welfare,” said Emmi de Jesus, a nominee of the Gabriela Women's Party.
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