“We all have our own sphere of influence: our friends, families, colleagues. No one else can connect with those people in such an intimate way we can.”
Kakie Pangilinan: Women need to empower each other
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2 activists arrested in Bicol in a week
Both are being charged with double murder in relation to an alleged ambush by the New People’s Army which resulted in the killing of two soldiers in Ragay, Camarines Sur on May 13, 2018. According to Karapatan-Bicol, both have filed their respective counter-affidavits denying their participation in the alleged ambush in December 2019. By ANNE…
Women’s group provides warm meals for Marikina’s poor residents
Most of the breadwinners in their village earn a living either as construction workers or market vendors.
Woman leader, husband arrested in Manila
Gabriela condemned the arrest and called for the immediate release of Agovida and Bartolome.
Demonizing the defense of human rights
It should be pointed out that these organizations are being targeted for the invaluable work they do – the defense of human rights of the poor and marginalized.
‘Esperon’s complaint deflects on more fundamental matters’ – Karapatan
“National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s actions show that this government is indeed hell-bent on silencing its critics using the entire extent of its resources and through deliberately magnifying technicalities to veer the conversation away from the core issue of state-sponsored attacks by the Duterte government. ”
Appellate court to decide on rights defenders’ plea sans presentation of witnesses
Cristina Palabay,secretary general of Karapatan, said, “We have not been given the chance to be heard.”
Gabriela condemns govt’s removal of comfort woman statue
“The comfort woman statue supposedly serves as a reminder to future generations of Japan’s atrocities and abuses against Filipino women during the Second World War, and women’s historical victimization in times of wars of aggression.”
Urban poor women seek support for repair of relocation housing
Gabriela Women’s Party Reps Arlene D. Brosas and Emmi de Jesus recommended measures to secure the shelter and livelihood of around 6,000 poor households in Vitas, Tondo, Manila.
On international working women’s day | Women vow to frustrate ‘Duterte’s dictatorship’
Women showed their rage to Duterte in an effigy they called as “Mad Dog-ong.”
Crackdown intensifies | Trumped-up charges filed vs. progressive leaders
“The charges are pathetically not worth the paper they were written on.”