101 years later, women workers face the same exploitation, oppression
“Filipino women are calling for an end to US intervention, the rape
of women and of our nation.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Thousands of women filled the streets to mark the 101st
commemoration of the International Women’s Day. They criticized
violations of women’s rights being perpetrated by the administration of
Benigno Aquino III.
“Women are condemning the criminal partnership of Presidents Aquino
and Barrack Obama in subjugating Filipino women under the yoke of
imperialist military terrorism and economic plunder of our national
patrimony,” Lana Linaban, secretary general of Gabriela, said.
Protesters held a protest action at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila
before they marched toward Mendiola at around 5:00 p.m., where they
burned an effigy: a huge yellow ribbon that Aquino used in his
presidential campaign with stars and stripes similar to the American
flag..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/09/101-years-later-women-workers-face-the-same-exploitation-oppression/
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