Press Statement We, women, celebrate the resolution of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that incoming President Rodrigo Duterte violated the Magna Carta of Women when he made a debasing remark on rape and abuse of a domestic worker, kissed female supporters and held them on his lap in public much to the women’s surprise…
Yahoo Southeast Asia When we started the ‘Pitong Pinoy’ project, we thought it would be hard to find seven Filipinos who have made a remarkable difference. After all, it’s not everyday that you run into people who could actually devote their entire life to serving others or champion advocacies that are seemingly hard to accomplish.…
Please vote for CATW-AP Executive Director Ms. Jean Enriquez, now international finalist for Soroptimist’s Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women. Please click here to vote 2011 Soroptimist Ruby Award Online Voting The Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women acknowledges women who are working to improve the lives of women and girls through their personal…
We are Children, Too. The Youth and Students Advancing Gender Equality (YSAGE), the youth arm of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women- Asia Pacific (CATW-AP), envisions a society where men and women enjoy genuine equality. It aims to see a world where all human beings are free from all forms of abuse and discrimination and…
Dear Editor, Women friends asked me, why is Cristy Fermin even allowed to say the following on air in defending Willie Revillame?: 1. “…dalawang lalaking personalidad lang ang parang pinapayagan ng publiko na maging ‘matulis’. Si Rico J. Puno lang atsaka si Willie. Pag sila ang nagdeliver para bang malaking karangalan mo pag mabastos ka.”…
Statement of Asia-Pacific Meeting of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Survivors In this meeting, we have shared stories of resistance, survival, healing, recovery, accessing education, self-organizing and mobilization. Collectively, we agree to reject the legalization of the prostitution industry which serves as the demand side to sex trafficking, and to punish the buyers and the business,…
Today, women in the Philippines and all over the world gather in different places and spaces to show our collective strength and make our collective voice heard as we speak out our sufferings, challenges, triumphs and aspirations. Our voices are joined together as we resist the abuses and marginalization wrought upon us by economic policies…
G20: A Threat to Peoples’ Economic and Political Rights! The G20 and its global economic agenda are an affront and a threat to people’s rights and welfare. The detention and deportation of Filipino activists from Seoul and the harassment and intimidation of a number of other activists at the hands of Korean immigration authorities are…
I was a young woman when Lola Rosa Henson came out in 1992 as a victim of sexual slavery by Japanese military soldiers during the Second World War. A few months later, lawyers from Japan came to gather information from other elderly women who are coming out, to file a case against the Japanese government.…
CATW-AP’s executive director Jean Enriquez was chosen as one of the 11 recipients of Philippine’s Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service. A congresswoman, the country’s first female oceanographer, a television reporter, and female pioneers and experts in various fields are among 11 recipients of this year’s The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service awards. The awardees…
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Asia Pacific CATW-AP 