We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Marawi Prof Wants to Go Home to ‘Ground Zero’ to Look for USB Flash Drive Containing Her Writings “Marawi Prof Wants to Go Home to ‘Ground Zero’ to Look for USB Flash Drive Containing Her Writings,” is published in MindaNews on February 25, 2018. By Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews MARAWI CITY — Retired Literature Professor Dalomabi “Dolly” Lao Bula of the Mindanao State University’s main campus wants... Marawi Crisis: Women Ease Pains of Dislocation and Homelessness By: Diana G. Mendoza SHE HEARD gunfire just outside her classroom in the Jamiatul Philippine Al-Islamia College in Banggolo, Marawi City. Teaching social science to college students, Sittie Haima Sultan wondered whether this was just another shooting that sometimes erupts in the area and ends as suddenly. But... Peace is Key in Rebuilding Marawi – Bangsamoro Women By: Diana G. Mendoza CONFRONTED WITH different kinds of crises, government must always reflect its recognition of the country’s diversity expressed invariably through its different faiths and cultures, with traditions that grow from core values. As relief and recovery efforts approached the fourth month for internally displaced persons... War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM “War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM,” is published in the social media news site Women Writing Women. This was first submitted to Women’s Peace Table. By Bugan Ni-Rosipan, (a nom de plume) a feature writer and multimedia artist, a hiker and cyclist, a mystic and... Bontoc Women still Man the Night Watch “Bontoc women still man the night watch,” was first published in the Nordis (Northern Dispatch Weekly) on July 3, 2016. By Kimberlie Ngabit-Quitasol/ Nordis (Northern Dispatch Weekly) BONTOC, Mountain Province — On June 27, some six elderly women gathered at a waiting shed in Samoki village of Bontoc with their... Muslim Women Lament Diaspora and Unattainable Peace By Diana G. Mendoza “Pag buntis ka, maraming nangyayari sa loob mo. E pano na kung marami ring nangyayaring gulo sa labas mo?” (When you are pregnant, there are many changes inside you. What more when there are also upheavals in your environment?) said Anisa Taha, 51, an aleemat... Liberating Badjao Women After War “Liberating Badjao women after war,” was first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Jan. 10, 2016. By Julie S. Alipala/ Inquirer Mindanao THE MOST visible effect of the war between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members in the city in 2013 is the misery it brought to thousands... ‘Peace movement fueled by womanpower’ Their being accustomed to the responsibilities of housekeeping and motherhood, their tenacity, female stubbornness and lack of ego — these qualities of women fueled, to a great extent, the peace movement for Muslim Mindanao that is now in its crucial phase, said Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, the presidential adviser on... Indigenous Women Struggle with the Bangsamoro Basic Law Fintailan Leonora Mokudev, a member of the Teduray tribe in Maguindanao, has a different take on women’s empowerment among indigenous peoples (IPs) and Lumads or non-Muslim IP groups. Army builds “bridges of peace” between warring Iranun clans SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao – The military’s “persuader” brigade has planted the seed of peace among warring families living in Maguindanao communities with an imaginary “wall” due to “ rido” (family feud). 12Next »
