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Gabriela solon Emmi De Jesus in Up Front interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson (Chicago)

Image Gallery Posted on May 20th, 2012.

Gabriela solon is interviewed at Up Front with Rev. Jesse Jackson on May 19, 2012 at Chicago, Ill. Click the images below for bigger versions:

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Gabriela Solon Chides DOLE Secretary for Insensitivity to Extreme Poverty Among Workers

Press Release Posted on November 19th, 2011.

"DOLE Secretary Baldoz's statement today that there is no valid reason to grant another round of salary increase for minimum wage earners smacks of insensitivity, and even callousness. I challenge Baldoz to make her family survive on P404 a day for a month, so that she herself will find in practice this valid reason that she seems to be looking for elsewhere," chided Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Emmi De Jesus. read more »

Gabriela Solon Wants Review, US Troop Pull Out in Hilary Agenda

Press Release Posted on November 14th, 2011.

Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said President Benigno Aquino III should raise the issue of making US troops accountable for crimes, subjecting the Visiting Forces Agreement to an intensive review and the possible pullout of US troops as part of the agenda when US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrives in Manila. read more »

GWP Joins the Women of the World in Global Day of Action Against Plunder

Press Release Posted on October 15th, 2011.

“Gabriela Women’s Party joins the women’s march today October 15, 2011, the Global Day of Action against Plunder. As keepers of the future generations, we have the significant task of supporting the actions in exposing imperialist plunders as the root cause of poverty and other socio-economic ills that plague the nation and pushes us deeper into undignified existence. It is urgent that we contribute our energies to the struggle for genuine and pro-people change because it is only through our united voice and strength that we will be heard.” read more »

Gabriela still open to sit with bishops on RH

In The Press Posted on June 11th, 2011.

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MANILA -- Gabriela party-list Representative Emmi De Jesus on Saturday said “there is always a favorable atmosphere” for a discussion on the reproductive health (RH) bill."

“There is always a favorable atmosphere for a dialogue if it is about respect for human rights and recognition of the voice and needs of marginalized and disadvantaged Filipinos,” De Jesus said in response to Monsignor Figura, Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). read more »

GABRIELA Solon Calls for Repeal of EPIRA, Removal of VAT on Electricity to Bring Down Power Rates

Press Release Posted on June 7th, 2011.

“The EPIRA is a failure. That Filipino families now contend with having to pay the highest electricity rates in Asia is enough proof that Congress has done a great disservice by enacting this law. I urge my colleagues in Congress to correct this error and immediately review and repeal the EPIRA and pass measures that will bring help electricity rates down.” read more »

Divorce should be an option in unhappy marriages — Gabriela solons

In The Press Posted on June 1st, 2011.

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“The sanctity of marriage is not based on the number of marriages existing but on the quality of marital relationships. When a marriage is no longer viable, divorce should be an option.” – GWP Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan

Ipaglaban ang Komprehensibong Pangangalagang Pangkalusugan para sa Kababaihan! Alisin ang Population Control sa RH Bill!

Document Posted on June 1st, 2011.

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Position Paper hinggil sa HB 4244 ng Gabriela Women’s Party at GABRIELA National Alliance of Women's Organizations

Bago pa naisalang sa debate ang HB 4244 sa Konggreso, inihain na ng Gabriela Women’s Party ang HB 3387. Nakabalangkas ang panukalang batas na ito sa apat na haligi – na ang pangangalaga sa pangreproduktibong kalusugan ay dapat na maka-mahirap, naka-angkla sa mga karapatan, siyentipiko, at komprehensibo. read more »

Gabriela pushes for divorce bill in PH

In The Press Posted on June 1st, 2011.

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Gabriela party-list Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan announced that the House of Representatives will discuss House Bill 1799, also known as Divorce Bill of the Philippines today, June 1, reports ABS-CBN News.

The announcement was made hours after Malta voted to legalize divorce on Sunday.According to the report, Ilagan said she also supports the idea of a non-binding referendum like the one Malta had.

"We have to face the reality that there are good and bad marriages," she said in an interview at ANC's Headstart with Karen Davila. read more »

Give Abusive, Irreparable Marriages the Option of Divorce - ILAGAN

Press Release Posted on May 31st, 2011.

“It is because we want to protect the sanctity of marriage, that we want to introduce divorce in the Philippines as an option for couples with marriages that have reached the point of no repair.”Thus said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan as the House of Representatives Committee on Revision of Laws begins deliberations on HB1799 “An Act Introducing Divorce in the Philippines” today. read more »