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Women & Children

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

Batangas political prisoners earned the respect, support of other inmates

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL What do political prisoners do while in jail? Organize. Sidebar: UP students, workers, professors visit political prisoners in Batangas

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

UP students, workers, professors visit political prisoners in Batangas

Main story: Batangas political prisoners earned the respect, support of other inmates By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com BATANGAS CITY – Another birthday spent inside jail signals another year of incarceration. But Maricon Montajes who turned 23...

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Gabriela, Casiño appeal to the Church to stop the name-calling

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Gabriela Women’s Party called on the Catholic Church to stop branding and name-calling party-list groups and candidates who supported the Reproductive Health Bill or the Responsible Parenthood and...

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Lucia Francisco: Going against the tide

By BENJIE OLIVEROS It is typical for a lower middle class family to...

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Baguio shakes in One Billion Rising

By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On Valentines Day, more than 800 women, men and children shook Upper Session Road as they joined one billion people around the world rising to end violence against women...

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Filipinos join 1 billion rising around the world to end violence against women

By RONALYN V. OLEA More than 5,000 trooped to Tomas Morato in...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Stand against violence against women on February 14

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “It will be a huge street party...

Monday, February 11th, 2013

‘Legalizing sex trade will not end exploitation’

By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Legalization of prostitution will not ensure the protection of women and children from sex trade and other exploitation, Innabuyog-Gabriela said. This is the reaction to the statement...

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Groups belie claims that the Philippines is the ‘rising tiger’ of Asia

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “Only through taking steps in building...

Friday, February 1st, 2013

‘One billion’ to rise against gender-based violence, poverty

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Aside from gender-based forms of violence, Gabriela...

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Global campaign to end violence against women launched in the Philippines

Women's group Gabriela launched One Billion Rising - Quezon City last Jan. 17. Women from various urban poor communities joined them in dancing "Isang Bilyong Babaeng Babangon," which is part of the global campaign to end violence...