Tanggol Bayi, an association of women human rights defenders, joins other activists and women’s rights advocates in a prayer gathering and protest action at the Department of Justice to call for an end to the use of terror laws against women human rights defenders in the Philippines. Several women human rights defenders and activists have …
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Tanggol Bayi, an association of women human rights defenders, is outraged at revelations that cult leader and human trafficker Apollo Quiboloy reportedly “gifted” women and girls to his crony, former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. This disclosure comes as no surprise, given Duterte’s well-known misogyny and contempt for women. With his garbage mouth, Duterte notoriously ordered his …
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we renew the call for the release of all political prisoners, including women political prisoners. As of December 31, 2023, there are 799 political prisoners, 164 of whom are women. These courageous women, all of them activists fighting for women’s rights and the people’s democratic interests, have been …
Tanggol Bayi salutes Filipino women activists who persist in the struggle for human rights, justice and accountability despite the prevalence of state-sponsored violence against them. In today’s forum “She Persists,” Tanggol Bayi features four outstanding young women activists who have defied the odds and survived repression through sheer courage, firmness of principle and the unstinting …
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Today, on International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day, Tanggol Bayi and Karapatan salute all women who have tirelessly worked and contributed to the continuing struggle for women’s rights, human rights and freedoms. In the Philippines and all over the world, the recent years are the most challenging for women human rights defenders. Attacks and threats …
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Philippine human rights umbrella Karapatan kicked off the campaign on human rights defenders with a Benefit Dinner held at the Quezon City Sports Club during the commemoration of the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on November 29, 2008.
