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NY Resto Owner Laments: How About Lowering Our Rent Too?
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Filipino entrepreneurs are bracing for significantly low incomes in the next coming weeks to comply with the city’s order to lessen business operations to help contain the spread of Coronavirus here. Young entrepreneur Augelyn Francisco said that the city must also come up with measures to protect entrepreneurs […]
Samar’s Tikog Bags Reinvented
Cheers to the ancient art of weaving happiness in every bag By Elmira Judy Aguilar-Cinco Tacloban – After super typhoon Haiyan in 2013, women weavers of the province of Samar in eastern Philippines, have produced bags with bright and colorful face designs reflecting their tenacity to withstand challenges. These weavers, locally known as “paraglaras” use […]
Filipino women leaders react to Trump acquittal
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A day after the Senate acquittal of President Trump’s charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, here’s what Filipino women leaders say. “Even before the trial, the Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell, already said they would acquit. What a travesty of the Constitution! I admire […]
Global Call: Bring Back Our Girls
New York City — A transnational feminist organization has expressed solidarity and sympathy to the family and communities of over 300 Nigerians school girls who were kidnapped and forced into marriage with strangers. In a press statement, AF3IRM condemned the kidnapping of the Nigerian girls, their subsequent transit into Chad and Cameroon, and their sale […]
When Poverty Has a Woman’s Face
A Labor Day Feature Event By Marivir R. Montebon The cost of the wage gap when compared to White men is more than 12 cents for an Asian woman, 32 cents for a Black woman, or 41 cents for a Latina. But the real cost is much higher .- Women’s Bureau, Department of Labor New […]
Events
Rosca to Speak at Rutgers University on Haiyan Mission New Jersey — On Friday, April 25, 2014, AF3IRM member Ninotchka Rosca will give a report on the aftermath of the super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). The Rutgers Association of Pilipino Students (RAPS) is hosting the event which is open to the public at the Asian American […]
Of Queens and Goddesses
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon The consolidation of the patriarchal relations and the formation of classes is symbolized by the creation of the ‘tree of knowledge of good and evil.’ This was in contradiction to the tree of life which was symbolic of the whole, under the era of the goddess worship of the […]
Stand with Grace: SC Nods Mom’s Right to Pass Family Name to Children
By Ivy Quicho AF3IRM LA Los Angeles — The transnational feminist group AF3IRM and supporters of the Stand with Grace Coalition celebrate another win, as Grande’s right to pass her last name to her children is preserved. On March 5, 2014, the Philippine Supreme Court ruled that the, “Respondent’s [Antonio’s] position that the court can […]
The New Militant Mother
By Katrina Socco National Programme Coordinator AF3IRM The new militant mother is unfit for patriarchy. She knows her worth beyond paid and unpaid labor. Her parenting is non-feudal. Her children know it is more important to own their own bodies, be true to their spirit-selves than be obedient. The new militant mother wakes her kids […]
Special to Women’s Day: Loving My Self
By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, Texas There is the standard by which this little girl will be judged, by others, and then, by herself. It starts with how you look, currently mainly dictated by fashion and media. One could say, however, culture and history also plays a part. In this case, it goes far back […]
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