In 1907, Cebu Congressman Filemon Sotto filed a women’s suffrage bill in the American-sponsored Philippine Assembly, upon the encouragement of Pura Villanueva Kalaw, the founder of the Asociacion Feminista Ilonga. During that time…
This Day in #Herstory: In 1970, the Malayang Samahan ng Bagong Kababaihan or MAKIBAKA (Free Movement of New Women), founded by Lorena Barros, an activist, held a picket in front of the Araneta Coliseum where a beauty pageant…
Since the beginning of Philippine democracy, few legislators have had as much impact on the women’s rights movement as Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani. After earning literature degrees from Wellesley College, Columbia University…
These materials were produced by the Foundation for Media Alternatives from the Philippines as part of APC’s MDG3: Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women project.
In 1975, the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) was created by virtue…
In September 2010, GALANG, a lesbian-initiated, lesbian-run feminist human rights organization founded…
By: JV Manglicmot
Last December 1 and 2, I, along with other staff members of Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) attended the FreeXP.con in the Hive Hotel in Quezon CIty. The FreeXP.con is a conference organized by HRonline to address the…
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On February 14, 2013 the One Billion Rising campaign was launched globally as a global day of action, and dancing, to in protest against violence against women (For more information, see…
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