Gabriela kicks off International Women’s Day commemoration
Gabriela and Gabriela Womens Party held a kick-off activity leading to the commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 8. Dubbed “Womens March against Poverty and Repression,” women leaders from various regions marched from the Bustillos Church in Sampaloc, Manila to Mendiola Bridge Friday, January 19. The groups assailed the continuous effect of rising prices […]
‘Disgusting’ Duterte scored for rape story
Rodrigo Duterte’s narration of his molestation of a house help in his high school days earned more disgust from a women’s group who said the President is a “maniac”. “It is deeply disturbing even for Duterte to brag about attempting to rape a maid when he was a minor,” women’s group Gabriela said in a […]
Arrested peasant advocates tortured, Karapatan says
The four peasant rights workers arrested in Nueva Ecija recently may have been tortured, human rights group Karapatan said. In a statement, the group said Yolanda Diamsay Ortiz (46) of Anakpawis Party, Eulalia Ladesma (44) of Gabriela Women’s Party, and youth activists Edzel Emocling (23) and Rachel Galario 20 bore visible bruises on their faces […]
‘Mababang tingin ni Duterte sa kababaihan’
“Ayaw namin kay Duterte dahil sa hindi maganda at mababa niyang pagtingin sa kababaihan.”—Gert Libang, Vice-Chairperson, Gabriela
Makabayan to field Neri in next year’s Senate race
The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan o MAKABAYAN held its fourth National Convention at the Quezon City Sports Club last September 25, unanimously voting to again field former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmanares in the 2019 Senate race. Themed “Bagong Pulitika, Demokrasya Hindi Diktadurya,” Makabayan said it aims to win not only in the next elections […]
Duterte has rapist mentality, women groups say
“Misogynist” Rodrigo Duterte fuels the rape mindset in country, women’s rights groups said in response to yet another controversial rape statement by the President. Accusing him of having a “rapist mentality,” the group blasted Duterte’s statement that many rape attacks are happening in Davao because there are many beautiful women in the city. “Ingon sila […]
‘Mas maraming human rights violation’
“Sa pagtalikod ni Duterte sa usapang pangkapayapaan sa CPP at NDF ay mas lalong nagkakaroon ng kalayaan ang mga State Security Forces para magkomit ng samu’t-saring human rights violation.”—Joms Salvador, Secretary General, Gabriela
Human rights groups slam woman’s strip search
By April Burcer Various human rights groups are calling for the investigation of the reported strip search of a female drug suspect in a police station in Makati City that went viral last week. Gabriela and Karapatan released separate statements condemning the act as despicable, cruel and degrading. “What the Makati Police did to the arrested drug suspects was […]
Gabriela condemns govt’s removal of comfort woman statue
Women’s group Gabriela strongly condemned the removal of the comfort woman statue along Roxas Boulevard in Manila Friday, saying the move is a desecration of Filipino women’s dignity. Blaming Japan and the Rodrigo Duterte government for the statue’s removal, the group said the move casts a foul insult on hundreds of victims of sex slavery […]
‘To freely oppose fascist regime,’ Makabayan bolts House majority
To be able to freely oppose the “fascist Rodrigo Duterte regime,” the Makabayan bloc announced Thursday it is bolting from the majority coalition in the House of Representatives. The group’s sitting representatives and other leaders said in a press conference said they will henceforth be an independent bloc in Congress. “Today, we, seven party list […]