Gender-based violence (GBV) and persistent paradigm of human being; shall we change it and when..? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today I heard from the women priest in the Women Worship…
A woman, in her 20s, seated at the edge of the concrete bed inside her cell, kept on rocking herself, her hands clasping so tightly the hem of her blouse by her crotch. A woman in her late 20s, pregnant with her fourth child…
The riveting saga of Mary Jane Veloso has hogged the headlines in the mainstream and social media lately. Every major international network ( Time , The Guardian , Aljazeera , BBC , Washington Post ) and Philippine national…
This essay was published online, a few months after the super typhoon hit my country. I want to share this because of the recent tragedy that shook Nepal. My prayers go to all the people of Nepal. Tacloban City and the HeArt…
"After breakfast, we run to catch our lunch; after lunch, we try to catch our supper. Sometimes we forego breakfast or supper. We eat only once,”said a woman survivor of Typhoon Sendong, describing in stark terms the…
Doesn't matter how hard life has become, doesn't matter how hard people pushed you, hurt you- you never backed off from your responsibility, your baby. You are the superwoman! I can't imagine what this woman must have been…
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BUSY YEAR! The project began as a one-on-one portrait project and has expanded to include many new Healing and Empowering activities and creative opportunity for Arachnoiditis Survivors. NOW, Year 2 of the…
Time to move from Women Empowerment into Gender Empowerment --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gender Equality was launched in 2000 by United Nations as the ultimate goals of…
HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! “Around the world, there is a tradition of repressing women and treating them differently and not giving the same opportunities; husbands beating their wives and children not being sent to school;…
After Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his final state-of-the-nation address in July 2015, Philippine Senator and likely 2016 Presidentiable Grace L. Poe, had this to say in an interview, “All of…
Economic area in the Gender-based violence -------------------------------------------------------------- Few weeks ago one young woman in her 25 years old is brought by the agent to look for a job. She came to the city…
I am from the Philippines, an archipelago in the south-east Asian region where we are visited by typhoon and cyclone all year round but in spite of that I love the tropical feel of my country where the sun never stops giving…
Think of a leader...who comes to mind? (take a minute) Who did you think of? Did anyone think of them SELVES? A lot of the work I do personally and professionally (as there is no dividing line between the two for me)…
I have introduced myself ( Please refer to paragraph 2 onwards )....Based on my one terrible decision that I made, to marry a scambag ...a very short marriage. Seriously, dating is nothing like marriage..you really see…
I have introduced myself ( Please refer to paragraph 2 onwards )....Based on my one terrible decision that I made, to marry a scambag ...a very short marriage. Seriously, dating is nothing like marriage..you really see…
Take Action My path to becoming a feminist isn't one that starts because of my preferred choice from young. It wasn't too long when one of the achievement in life other than getting a tertiary education was to settle down…
This declaration will be an important starting point for international engagement on the rights of nature. Universal declaration of mother earth rights 1.MOTHER earth is a leaving being 2.MOTHER earth is unique, indivisibleq…
“This is home,” Athena Banza tells me as the pick-up we are riding in passes a big pool full of water hyacinths. “That‘s Lake Kalaw,” she points at the landscape, a rhapsody in greens, even as the cab rattles like an empty…
I’ve written something about myself in my page, the kind of work I do and my interest which is why I am trying hard to get more involved in this network of women primarily and of supporters to get me far to where I want to…
Hello I invite you to know me by clicking the link https://www.worldpulse.com/en/community/groups/leadership-group/posts/61766 I hope to be more involved in the discussion and exchanges here to help me in my work and my…
Around 7:30 PM, Philippine Time, October 3, 2015. I crossed a highway to catch a public transport we fondly call "jeepney". I was on my way to our ancestral house at Ungka Im Pavia, Iloilo. It was relatively late hence,…
I have recently been blessed with a work project that had me engaged for 10days working, but spent about 8days -- though the group required a 30min x3 DVD publication, we were only to do a 10 min video this time around and…
To register: http://www.impactconclave.in Realizing a BILLION Dreams. Creating BIG Impact. About Impact Conclave Developing a comprehensive discourse around impact, the conclave 2016 fixes the spotlight on the complete life-…
This assignment is long overdue, thanks for the encouragement I received in my e-mail, I am now finishing this up. You can read some of my old submissions in my site and I hope I can get more of you to know me better after…
