Original article available here from CENTER FOR WOMEN’S RESEARCH February 6, 2014- They stomped their feet, twisted their bodies, and raised their pointfinger up to the sky, giving a message of one voice rising for justice. Hundreds of young women and men gathered in a morning of cultural performances to demand…

February 5, 2014-  Almost a year ago last February 14, 2013, thousands of women from all over the Philippines danced and rose in protest to highlight violence against women. Issues ranged from gender-based violence to state and structural violence that rendered women and their families poor and oppressed. Last year’s rising…

February 6, 2014- GABRIELA, together with Migrante International, trooped to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to conduct a dance-protest in solidarity with the call for Justice for Erwiana.  Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, a 23-year-old Indonesian domestic helper, was beaten, burned and tortured by her employer in Hongkong. Next to Filipinos, Indonesians comprise the…

This is what happened last year for One Billion Rising Manila, Philippines 2013! Come and join us for ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE MANILA 2014 on February 14, 2014 – at UP (University of the Philippines) Diliman. Parade and march begins at 4pm – assembly point is outside the Department…

Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao supports the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls. It emphasizes its call to end violence against women at the workplace and to demand social justice. Women and men workers of Southern Mindanao are joining the ONE BILLION RISING FOR…

Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) workers union Southern Mindanao in the Philippines supports the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls. It emphasizes its call to end violence against women at the workplace and to demand social justice. Women and men workers of Southern Mindanao are…

February 4th, 2014    The Center for Women’s Resources, GABRIELA-Youth UP Manila with the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila Department of Social Sciences gathered young women and men today in a forum-launch MOVE to MOB: Move to Mobilize Against Social Injustices at the NTTCHP OUR Auditorium, UP Manila. Move…

PRESS RELEASE February 3, 2013-Women workers led by national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, together with militant women’s group Gabriela and Ms. Monique Wilson, danced this morning in front of the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz Manila to protest the hospital’s privatization. As part of the One Billion…

Indigenous women from the Cordillera region in the Philippines, led by Innabuyog Gabriela – are joining the One Billion Rising for Justice campaign – and rising against militarisation, government neglect, economic violence, physical and sexual abuse and developmental aggression. Rise for Justice with us on February 14, 2014!  

V-Activist group Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns discusses why they will RISE on Feb 14. Read the release and follow the movement HERE.  NEWS RELEASE 30 January 2014 Inept action of authorities proliferate sexual predators says group calls for children and advocates to rise amidst violations “The persons who committed these crimes…