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Safe Spaces Act Design Campaign: Posters and Stickers
For the 2nd anniversary of the signing of the Safe Spaces Act or the Bawal Bastos Law, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines - Gender Equality and Women's Human Right Center, in partnership with Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau launched a campaign...
Launching of WEAVE’s “A Feminist Economic Justice Agenda for the ASEAN”
Women and girls comprise half or 49.96% of the Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) combined population of 655.9 million people who are vital cogs in the region’s economic sectors, with women representing 44.4% percent of workers in the service sector,...
Gender Transformative Approach in Times of COVID-19: Voices of Women and Girl Children from the Ground
Even before this crisis, marginalized women and girls suffer disproportionately from inequalities. The poverty which they endure plus their being women and girls all play in the discrimination that they experience which also further pushes them to poverty. The lack of...
Gender transformative, pro-poor, and inclusive COVID-19 response is necessary
Irregular and directionless support from the government can only go so far especially for marginalized women whose issues remain the same and unaddressed by those who should be supporting them the most. From women’s excessive mental load that is affecting their mental health and wellness to military harassment and threats of COVID-19 infection faced by women leaders and frontliners, we are forced to face the question on what the bigger epidemic is: COVID19 or impunity? WLB and partner communities present another comprehensive documentation on the situation of marginalized women in the Philippines.
COVID19 CRISIS IS NOT GENDER-NEUTRAL
Where are the women in the time of a pandemic? WLB and partner communities have prepared a comprehensive update on the situation of women as COVID19 persists in the Philippines
Victims of Sexual Violence Do Not Cry Wolf
A Joint Statement of Various Organizations on the “Virgin Marie” Video.
We, the children and women’s rights groups and advocates, call for the video “Virgin Marie” to be taken down. The claim that children fabricate rape allegations is unfounded.
Enough of Impunity and Women Hating!
Two years into the Duterte administration, the country sinks deeper into a quagmire of impunity, misogyny, and authoritarianism. We demand justice for the victims of State-sanctioned and State-tolerated killings. We deplore the corruption scandals surrounding...
Ganap nga ba tayong malaya?
Hindi kami papayag na sa ilalim ng pamumuno ni Duterte ay patuloy na hinahamon ang kalayaan nating mga kababaihan at pagkakapantay natin sa lipunan. Dagdag pa rito ang patuloy na pagsupil sa pagiging malaya ng hudikatura na siyang tumutugon sa pagtitiyak na makakamit...
Ending Rape Culture
The #TimesUp and #MeToo movements have been significant as cases of sexual violence among celebrities have been brought to the fore. We must, however, recognize that sexual violence has always been a persistent issue among ordinary persons, especially the marginalized...
