In Iloilo City, Gabriela Women’s Alliance Panay and Guimaras, Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) Visayas, and the Panay Alliance of Concerned Citizens for Health and Environmental Protection (PACCEP), the groups held an agrofair featuring products and fresh produce, along with a forum discussing the current plight and struggles of women in different sectors of society at the Jubilee Hall, St. Clement’s Church.
The groups then marched to the Iloilo Provincial Capitol for a short program, which concluded with the One Billion Rising dance.
Meanwhile, protest actions were also staged in Roxas City, Capiz and Kalibo, Aklan where groups called for wage increase, stop militarization, and others.”
