American playwright and activist Eve Ensler joined the #OneBillionRising events in the Philippines this year. She demands justice for the Lumad women and for Filipino women and girls who are victims of sex trafficking. Video and editing by Anne Marxze D. Umil and Ronalyn V. Olea Produced by
By CHERYL L. DAYTEC Bulatlat.com We must be sisters I know we are Blood is thicker than water But shared suffering is thicker than blood I am from Asia: India, perhaps Maybe Indonesia, maybe the Philippines It does not matter really I am one of too many Brown skin, young Once innocent, these sad eyes…
“They [women] are victims of the system. It’s a shame that is has gotten to this point of desperation, leaving them almost with no choice at all.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“I would like to start all over again. I want to go back to school and become a nurse.” – one of the victims
BY FR. SHAY CULLEN The outright dismissal by Philippine prosecutors in Olongapo City of criminal charges of child trafficking for sexual exploitation brought by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against a father and his 33-year-old son, Filipinos with US citizenship, has provoked outrage and anger among defenders of children’s rights. The child rights advocates…
BY BULATLAT A women’s party list group scored the Arroyo government and the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) for the intensified trafficking of Filipino women and children. To show their disgust for the Arroyo government and the GFMD, the Gabriela Women’s Party held a protest parade this morning at the Department of Foreign…