Women’s Rights Advocates Urge Electoral Candidates to Support the Decriminalization of Abortion Following the recent Mexican Supreme Court ruling declaring that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, feminists and local advocates in the Philippines demand stronger protections and guarantees of women’s rights by calling for the full decriminalization...
Human Rights Advocates Call on Congress to Junk Anti-Choice House Bill No. 8354 and to Support Decriminalization of Abortion In the last SONA speech of President Rodrigo Duterte, yesterday, 26 July 2021, the President did not mention any concerns pertaining to gender issues and the welfare...
We, at the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN), mourn the passing of Mercedes Lactao Fabros, the Campaign and Advocacy Coordinator of Womanhealth Philippines. Womanhealth is a member of PINSAN. Merce was a strong leader in sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy in the Philippines....
Join us for the exhibit and awarding of the Telling Truer Stories II anthology! See you on November 23, 3-6pm at Coffee Rush Katipunan (10 Rajah Matanda, Project 4, Quezon City). Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Coffee+Rush/@14.6177758,121.0685564,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3397b751f927a6cf:0xb599957b799cc0a6!8m2!3d14.6177706!4d121.0707451 Please RSVP at pinsan.network@gmail.com...
The Philippines continues to stagnate on a dwindling list of predominantly Catholic countries that have yet to liberalize their laws around abortion. In a historic referendum on May 25, 2018, Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment in their constitution, a law that recognized a pregnant...
On May 25, 2018, the people of the Republic of Ireland voted with a resounding “Yes” to legal abortion. Once signed into law, this will repeal the Irish 8th Amendment, which saw the life of a pregnant woman and that of an unborn child as...
Save the date this May 28, 2018 for the International Day of Action for Women's Health! We'll be talking about Filipino Women's SRHR: Current State and Pressing Issues on May 28, 2018, 9:30am - 3:00pm. Details: Film screening: Motherland by Ramona Diaz Forum Venue: Microtel by Wyndham, UP Technohub Commonwealth Avenue, UP...
Are you passionate about learning and working towards the realization of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)?Are you 18-21 years old, living in Metro Manila? If yes, this is your chance to be part of WGNRR's six (6) month Youth Development Program!...
Why is it important that women be given the freedom to choose whether or not to be mothers? It's funny that we live in a world where basic questions such as this one have to be asked. With regard to motherhood, it is a woman who...
We have Ramona S. Diaz, Director, Producer, Writer, and Co-Editor of Motherland, as our guest. We discuss her previous work, the film, and why reproductive rights are so important in this country. Hear her give advice to women storytellers....