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On Feb. 24th, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, declared Proclamation 1017: State of National Emergency and unleashed the military on all her critics, her opposition, and political dissenters. Newspapers and television stations where raided and threatened with closure. All rallies and demonstrations were banned. Warrantless arrests allowed for. Although 1017 has been lifted, the conditions remain the same.
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I will continue to voice out the sentiments of a growing number of women for reforms in our country.
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Read Congresswoman Liza Maza’s Privilege Speech: Resist the Iron Hand, Dare to Struggle Without Fear. 27 February 2006. read more
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GABRIELA Network is a Philippine-US women's solidarity mass organization. GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view. GABNet effects change through organizing, educating, fundraising, networking, and advocacy.
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BLOGS
Women’s Organizing in the Philippines. GABNet women share thoughts on their Philippine visits. read now
Lily Pad. Monthly blog with author, activist Ninotchka Rosca. read now
Song to learn… Break the Walls of Empire (to the tune of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall)
We don’t need no GMA nation. We don’t need no martial law. Blatant lies about Liza Maza. Hey, people! Let’s oust GMA! All in all we are gonna break down the wall.
We don’t need no brainwashed nation. We don’t need no mind control. Blatant lies in the White House. Hey, Bush! Leave the world alone. All in all we are gonna break down the wall.
more songs and chants to learn Check back for new ones. Do you have a song or chant you want to share? Email it to us!
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Hands off Liza Maza — the Women’s Representative in the Philippines |
GABRIELA Philippines presents
Women’s International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines—The Persistence of Women’s Vision: Strategies Against Oppression, Violence, and Exploitation. July 19-27, 2006. read more
GABNET CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ACTIONS
21 April 2006, Friday, San Francisco, CA. World premiere of Export Quality: Monologues (loosely) Based on Stories of Mail-Order Brides from the Philippines by the Kataga women writers collective. read more
23 April 2006, Sunday, 3-6PM, LA, CA. GABNet LA, in conjunction with IMIX Bookstore, presents Women’s Rights Human Rights Reading and Community Sharing. IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Blvd., LA, CA. Community sharing and book reading of Women’s Rights Human Rights with contributor Philippine Congresswoman Liza Maza. Free admission. For more info: freeliza@gabnet.org
27 April 2006, Thursday, 6:15PM, Chicago, IL. GABNet Chicago presents Modern Heroes, Modern Slaves, by Marie Botie, a film on the export of labor, esp. domestic workers, from the Philippines. From Flor Contemplacion, who was hanged in Singapore for killing her charge and another domestic, to Filipina domestics in Saudi Arabia. Location: Street Level Youth Media Center, 1858 W. Chicago Ave. Doors open 6:15PM; film starts 6:45PM. For more info: chicago@gabnet.org or 773.814.6503.
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MEDIA WATCH
Left-wing solons won’t leave House yet for fear of arrest DESPITE a lower court rejection on their inclusion in a rebellion case filed by the Department of Justice (DoJ), the five left-wing lawmakers still chose to stay under the protective custody of Congress, at least until Friday morning. Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, one of the five members of the lower house being accused by Malacañang of rebellion, told INQ7.net that the threat of arrest remained even after the Makati regional trial court rejected Thursday an amended complaint by the DoJ seeking to include them in a rebellion case against another legislator and a renegade military officer. Ocampo said that opposition Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson warned his group -- which also includes Representatives Teodoro Casiño, Joel Virador, Liza Maza, and Rafael Mariano -- of the threat of arrest. He said Lacson cautioned them against leaving the House of Representatives complex because the DoJ said that “we still have other cases that are still under preliminary investigation.” “So we have to verify that with our lawyers tomorrow morning,” Ocampo said. Lacson hosted a dinner for the five lawmakers on Thursday, an engagement scheduled long before the court decision came out. They sought protective custody of Congress after fellow left-wing legislator Crispin Beltran was arrested following President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s imposition of an emergency rule in February. The legislators would consult with their lawyers on how they could leave the House without threat of arrest, said Ocampo. Judge Jenny Lind R. Aldecoa-Delorino of Branch 137 of the Makati City regional rejected the amended complaint seeking to include the five legislators in a rebellion case the DoJ had filed in her sala against Beltran and First Lieutenant Lawrence San Juan. As a result, Delorino said there was no reason for her to issue a warrant of arrest against the five lawmakers since the amended information was never admitted in her court.
URL: http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&story_id=74680 |
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Join the Hands Off Liza Maza Campaign now. For more info, please contact GABNet Chair Annalisa Enrile: freeliza@gabnet.org or 619.316.0920. |
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The Invisibility of the Filipina. “One would think such uniqueness would bring her a fair amount of media and public attention. On the contrary. A New York Times April 18 article on one of the five, Cong. Satur Ocampo, included this statement: “Late at night he pulls a folding mattress, sheets and pillow from behind his desk and joins four congressmen also facing charges, grouped together for safety in the office of the House speaker. One other leftist congressman was arrested outside the building and is in jail.” (Emphasis supplied). The Filipina’s invisibility is frightening.” From the Women’s Media Center, 20 April 2006. read more |
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In the Stillness, a blog post by Cong. Liza Maza. “In the stillness of easter night, hear my prayer...” read more |
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Mamas Love to Rock, a blog post by Cong. Liza Maza. “...I wondered too if mamas always loved to rock. Have they not been doing so since the beginning of humankind? Before Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Pepe Smith, Sampagita, Mike Hanopol and Asin’s folksy rock? There is a truism in the feminist saying written on a poster that hangs on the wall at GABRIELA’s office. It says: The hand that rocks the cradle should also rock the boat…” read more |
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Media Silence on Major Asia Story: Philippine Congresswoman Charged with Rebellion; Women's Movement Declared Illegal. By Ninotchka Rosca. “Why the media blackout on a major story from the Philippines? Filipino papers are not permitted to cover it but whatever happened to free press in the west?” From the Women’s Media Center, 16 March 2006. read more |
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The Teeming Masa Transformed This Former Burgis into a Congresswoman Worthy of Her Name. “Her own experiences as a survivor of similar sexual harassment incidents prodded Maza to become actively involved in women’s issues in the late 1980s. ‘I know how these are unwanted acts and how a woman’s first reaction is just to freeze. I vowed then to fight for a society free from all forms of violence against women,’ she says.” From the Inquirer, 26 March 2006. read more
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Dark Days for Philippine Democracy. Editorial from The New York Times, 5 April 2006. read more |
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Feminist Activist Murdered in the Philippines. Women's rights activist Inday Estorba, 31, was shot and killed and her husband was seriously wounded in their home in the Philippines on April 3. 5 April 2006. From Ms. Magazine online, 5 April 2006. read more |
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LATEST NEWS AND RELEASES |
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NEW! Defend Immigrant Women’s Rights. Statement for May 1st, Labor Day and on US anti-immigrant policies. 1 May 2006. read more |
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NEW! Keeping Rape Charges Against US Marines is Good, Ending US-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement is Better. Statement on case against US marines for rape of 22-year old Filipina. 28 April 2006. read more |
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Terror bill passed in Philippine House of Representatives. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Liza Maza condemns the so-called anti-terrorism bill. 5 April 2006. read more |
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GABRIELA MEMBER SLAIN IN BOHOL, PHILIPPINES. This is the 68th political killing of a woman under the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo regime. 3 April 2006. read more |
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Free Our Sisters! Free Ourselves! Women's Campaign. Statement on the campaign launching by Elisa Tita Lubi, Founding Vice Chair of Gabriela Women's Party, former International Relations Officer of GABRIELA Philippine women's national alliance. 21 March 2006. read more |
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Philippine de facto president remains a threat to national stability and to Filipino people with or without “state of national emergency.” Threats to lawmakers still loom, public assembly still restricted. 3 March 2006. read more |
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Women's stand against presidential proclamation 1017: Arroyo’s declaration of state of national emergency. 2 March 2006. read more |
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On declaration of “state of national emergency” in the Philippines. Statements, press releases, etc. read more |
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GABNET IN THE NEWS |
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GABNet LA’s (un)Masquerade: Exposing Violence Against Women political fashion and art show. 19 March 2006. read more |
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