From the 1937 suffrage plebiscite to recent legislation addressing online exploitation and trafficking, Philippine law reflects decades of reform aimed at strengthening gender equality and protecting the rights of Filipino women.
Because the truth is, you could. You could close the books, walk away, and choose to live life. You could decide that law school is not worth the constant pressure, the endless readings, and the mental toll it takes every day.
As Advocates, we stand with the nation in commemorating National Women’s Month 2026
Kalilangan reminds us that progress is not synonymous with forgetting. Even amid modernization, the roots of a people must remain visible, respected, and alive.
We say the games are open to all. But access isn’t just about entry; it’s about infrastructure. It’s about who gets to train without interruption, who has the right shoes, or who has to skip practice to fetch water or sell fish.
He looked at the grave of his brother. "Jun is at peace. He's the lucky one. We are the ones who are haunted. We are haunted by the ghosts of what we could have been, what this country should have been."
Withal, we join the nation and every peace advocate in celebrating the theme for this year's Mindanao Week of Peace Celebrations "Sustaining the Gains of Peace, Solidarity and Resilience” celebrated from November 28 to December 4, 2024.
While the path may be fraught with difficulties, they realize that it is also rich with opportunities for growth and learning.
It was as if society only valued one color from the rainbow. I felt disenfranchised, denied the right to excel in school, and left to rot in ignorance because “I was not the favorite color”.
Revelations after revelation, perhaps this drama has already reached its denouement. The problem is, in this spectacle-loving, intrigue-hungry, gossip-predilect culture of ours, issues are never really distilled.
More than a farmer, more than a wife, and certainly more than a mother of seven. You are the heart and soul of our family. Every sacrifice you made, every dream you nurtured, was a testament to the depth of your love.
Feminism does not seek supremacy but fundamental equality, as Wollstonecraft quipped, “I do not wish (women) to have power over men; but over themselves”. Centuries have since passed from the writing of these aspirations, yet reality is still wanting.
May moves be made unapologetically, and may you smell the sweetness of life without the melancholy because you deserve that much. Fight for her as you fight yourself. Include!
The Kalilangan festival is perhaps one of the best ways to immortalize the historical narratives of Mindanao. It is a celebration that calls for healing, recognition of indigenous historical narratives.
These undertakings demonstrate that democracy is not guaranteed, it is a war requiring collective action and ostentatious vigilance, to safeguard our independence and protect our rights, for the present and the posterity.
