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+ March 07, 2021 TWO days before the International Women’s Day and a week before the announcement of the lockdown imposed a year ago, the Ecumenical Women’s Forum (EWF), a formation of women from Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, gathered in a blended liturgical commemoration (online and off-line) with the theme “Rise Against Tyranny, Pursue Justice.”
After a year of the implementation of lockdown, the suffering of the poor aggravated. Violence against women and children also intensified.
The Covid-19 pandemic was used by the authorities to repress the rights of the people. Instead of alleviating their suffering, the government passed in haste the Anti-Terror Law that only in effect intensified and legalized rights violations of the people.
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Kakie Pangilinan: Women need to empower each other
By REIN TARINAY
MANILA Two days before the International Women’s Day, women leaders and advocates gathered in a virtual forum to voice out the challenges many Filipino women are subjected to.
“In a patriarchal society that constantly silences women, we need to be able to empower each other,” said Kakie Pangilinan, daughter of Sen. Francis Pangilinan and actress Sharon Cuneta, who has carved a name for herself as an independent artist and a critic of the Duterte administration.