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GWP Commemorates National Women's Day of Protest

Press Release Posted on October 28th, 2011.

“Gabriela Women’s Party joins hands with Filipino women today, October 28, 2011, in commemorating the 28th year of National Women’s Day of Protest. Today, women’s voices will echo against the economic blackmail of the greedy oil cartels, charter change, and neoliberal economic policies of the Aquino government that further sink women into poverty. This is the day that women strike back against corporate greed, here in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world,” declared Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Emmi De Jesus. read more »

Chacha is a Dance Towards Poverty for the Peasant Women - GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus

Press Release Posted on October 21st, 2011.

As the peasants do their version of ‘Occupy Mendiola’ today, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Emmi De Jesus expressed alarm that rural women's lives will worsen if the move for Charter Change pushes through. “Ngayon pa lang ay matindi nang kagutuman at kahirapan ang nararanasan ng mga magbubukid, ano pang uri ng pagsasamantala ang daranasin nila kapag ibinuyangyang na sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan ang pagmamay-ari sa mga lupa at industriya ng bansa?” read more »

Two Tests For The Church

In The Press Posted on June 12th, 2011.

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Zamboanga Today Online

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With the contentious Reproductive Health Bill still roasting on the grill, liberal lawmakers are tossing in the divorce bill in a move that is certain to further inflame the passions of conservative Catholics and clerics in the country. read more »

Gabriela to bishops: Let's talk on RH bill

In The Press Posted on June 12th, 2011.

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Interaksyon News TV5

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MANILA, Philippines -- The women's partylist group Gabriela on Monday renewed calls to the Catholic hierarchy for a dialogue on the reproductive health (RH) bill, saying a common platform could still be found.

Gabriela partylist Representative Emmi de Jesus said there is always a "favorable atmosphere" for dialogue when it concerns respect for human rights and recognition of the needs of the marginalized. read more »

Take population control out of RH bill’ – Gabriela

In The Press Posted on June 3rd, 2011.

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Bulatlat.com online

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“The RH bill has many positive provisions that may be put to waste if the population control menace continues to overshadow the bill’s essence. As we work to strengthen the public and fellow legislators’ appreciation of such good provisions, we shall nonetheless refuse to make the RH bill a platform for population control. read more »

Fight for Comprehensive Health Care for Women! Take Population Control Out of the RH Bill!

Document Posted on May 30th, 2011.

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Pass the Comprehensive RH Bill!

GBRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY POSITION PAPER ON HB 4244

Prior to the current consolidated RH Bill 4244 now being debated in the Lower House, Gabriela Women’s Party filed HB 3387 framed on four cornerstones—that reproductive health care be pro-poor, rights-based, scientific, and comprehensive. read more »

Palace to Church: Cool it / Tension over reproductive health bill escalates

In The Press Posted on May 15th, 2011.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer print

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MANILA, Philippines---Appealing for sobriety, Malacañang on Sunday sought to heal a widening rift between Church and State over the controversial parenthood bill that last week saw prelates threatening civil disobedience and President Benigno Aquino III warning he would jail them.“We have different positions here, but probably we should explain our positions within the means of the law. That is what the President is saying. read more »

Women Speak in Support of Reproductive Health Bill

In The Press Posted on May 12th, 2011.

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Bulatlat.com

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“We urge the Catholic community to actively participate in crafting a national policy on women’s reproductive health on the framework that full access to healthcare services is a universally recognized right and that population control is never to blame for and should not be a panacea to the country’s worsening poverty.” Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan.

MANILA – Editha Balolong is just 28 years old and yet she already has six children. She gave birth to her sixth child at Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital last May 3. read more »

In the Face of Zero Wage Increase, Repeal of EVAT Becomes More Urgent

Press Release Posted on May 9th, 2011.

Leaders in the recently concluded ASEAN meeting agreed that food security will be a great challenge for ASEAN as prices of food have continued to skyrocket. On the day that President Aquino returned to Manila from the ASEAN meeting, he was greeted by the NCR wage board’s rejection of a wage hike for workers in the private sector.“The Gabriela Women’s Party would like to remind President Aquino that our mothers, who are the first to worry about their children’s survival, are not concerned only with the assurance of unhampered food supply in the market. read more »

Govt Urged: Knock Out Maternal Deaths in PH

In The Press Posted on May 7th, 2011.

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ABS-CBN news online

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MANILA, Philippines - A day before Mother's Day, women's rights group Gabriela voiced calls to knock out maternal deaths in the country.

The group offered free medical assistance to 100 indigent women who give birth at the Fabella hospital on Saturday and Sunday in time for Mother's Day. read more »