MANILA – The progressive women’s group Gabriela held a protest action in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command in Davao City on April 27 demanding that the Armed Forces of the Philippines surrender a soldier charged with rape. The group said on April 8, the Malaybalay Bukidnon Municipal Trial Court has issued a resolution citing…
“There are many cases of VAW (violence against women) committed by soldiers, police and the like and not a single perpetrator has been punished.” – Obeth Montes, Gabriela
“Rape is among the worse (if not the worst) form of violence against women. It should not be trivialized nor should it be a subject of jokes. Rape is a subject that should be treated with utmost sensitivity. The trauma that victims and their families undergo is immeasurable.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Even worse, said Gabriela, is the alarming increase in rape cases involving state security forces.
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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“I begged him to stop. I was terrified when he reached for a small knife that looked like a Swiss knife and stabbed me on my neck several times then kicked me hard on my back. I lost consciousness, and when I woke up I was already here at the hospital.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The women’s rights advocacy group Gabriela is outraged over the decision of the Aquino government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to release a previously detained Panamanian who is being accused of raping a Filipina. The group said the DFA essentially allowed the foreigner to escape…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
In less than a month, two young women from two militarized towns have complained of rape allegedly committed by AFP soldiers right inside their military camps. Alarmed women ask, are these ‘isolated’ or just the tip of the iceberg?
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We see very good signs that Leah will be able to recover from the horrors she went through; but we are certain that she can only be made truly whole again if justice is given her.” – Gabriela
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Gabriela said the CBCP should issue specific directives to Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos to stop coddling the accused priest. It also welcomed the statement earlier made by Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, head of the Catholic Bishops National Tribunal of Appeals, that it is the duty of the Diocese of Butuan to commence Cabonce’s trial under canon law.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
All throughout her imprisonment, Camille said, no embassy official visited her nor asked her side of the story. “I went to court hearings five times but they (Philippine embassy officials) did not attend.”
PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 24, 2010 DAVAO CITY – In time for the commemoration of the International Day of Protest on Violence Against Women, GABRIELA urged the government to show the same, if not more, support it gave to Florence, the volunteer nurse who was a victim of rape in Maguindanao, to other rape victims in…