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Starting from the 1980s, these women’s movements laid the foundation for a Filipino feminist theory that challenged the traditional representations of femininity in the Philippines such as the Virgin Mary or Maria Clara (the female protagonist in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere), and instead promoted powerful female icons and heroines such as ...
5 gru 2020 · Regardless of their political affiliations, women detainees in the Philippines and around the world became legible symbols of human rights violations, specifically violence against women and children.
Filipino organizations since the 1980s argued that activism must be global.¹ They participated in the international women’s movements (through international conferences or in meetings with the United Nations) and were proactive in hosting international conferences in the Philippines.
five chapters, some of which were drawn from her previously published journal articles: chapter 1 on the role of Filipina feminist nuns in rooting women's oppressions within religious systems and practices, chapter 2 on the "victim-agency narrative" deployed by women's organizations dealing.
3 wrz 2014 · Women's movements and the Filipina, 1986–2008 By Mina Roces Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2012. Pp. 277. Bibliography, Index. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2014.
In the eighties, two more women's organizations were founded: the Kilusang Kababaihang Pilipina (Philippines Women's Movement) or PILIPINA in 1981, and the Katipunan ng Kalayaan para sa Kababaihan (Organization of Women for Freedom) or KALAYAAN in 1983.
This chapter takes stock of the major developments in the women's movement in the Philippines during the past two decades and examines how these have influenced the growth and direction of feminist politics.
