Center for Women's Resources (CWR)

Remember Ondoy: 10th year

Survivors and their children gathered in Marikina to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy.

Move to Mob

CWR's annual campaign Move to Mob went to Polytechnic University of the Philippines to discuss the link between violence against women and mental health.

Stand with local food producers on World Food(less) Day

Center for Women's Resources In the News, Statement October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 0 Comment

On World Food(less) Day, the Center for Women’s Resources stands with farmers, fisherfolks, rights defenders, and various organizations in condemning the state’s failure to address the pervasive food insecurity and hunger in the country.

This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations highlights the theme “Right to food for a better life and a better future.” In the Philippines, the current administration’s brazen disregard for this fundamental human right is evident. According to the 2022 UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, over 50.9 million Filipino people faced moderate to severe food insecurity.

Rising food prices amid stagnant low wages contribute to the escalating number of hungry and impoverished Filipinos. Farmers and fisherfolks, who are our local food producers, often experience hunger themselves, and remain the poorest in the country.

Recent climate disasters have devastated rural communities, yet farmers have received little to no compensation for their losses. Furthermore, the government’s aggressive push for import liberalization not only hampers our capacity for local food production but also threatens the livelihoods of those in agriculture. The extensive land use conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses like commercial and residential, also threatened food production systems, food sovereignty and farmers’ livelihood.

CWR enjoins everyone to support our food producers’ demands for genuine land reform and supporting domestic food production. Only then we can ensure the right to food for a better life and a better future. #

Celebrating the Hands that Feed: The Fight of Women Farmworkers for Land and Justice

Center for Women's Resources Resources October 15, 2024October 17, 2024 0 Comment

As we commemorate World Rural Women’s Day on October 15, it is important to recognize and celebrate the contributions of rural women to society. Rural women, despite their indispensable role in agriculture and local food production, face serious challenges. These include landlessness and land grabbing, lack of subsidies and financial resources, social and public services, and technology. Their work often goes unpaid or underpaid, and they are frequently involved in informal sectors with little job security.

Download: https://www.scribd.com/document/780907272/Celebrating-the-Hands-That-Feed-The-Fight-of-Women-Farmworkers-for-Land-and-Justice

Community leaders, young women, student leaders stand with Palestine

Center for Women's Resources Solidarity October 7, 2024October 8, 2024 0 Comment

Stand with the Palestinian resistance for freedom and self-determination! Long live international solidarity!

On the occasion marking one year of Al-Aqsa resistance, the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) stands in unwavering solidarity with the women and people of Palestine. The ongoing genocide and violence perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces, enabled by the material and political support of imperialist powers—particularly the United States—must stop.

To date, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of whom are women and children. The occupation has not only robbed lives and futures but has also sought to quell the resistance of the Palestinian people that spans decades. Today, we recognize the immense courage and resilience of those who resist, including women and children, who continue to fight for liberation and justice despite being targeted by Israeli violence.

Today, we reaffirm our commitment. Let us nurture and expand our collective solidarity and actively support the Palestinian resistance and aspirations for freedom and self-determination. Long live the Palestinian resistance! Long live international solidarity! #

No decent work without freedom of association and the right to organize!

Center for Women's Resources Statements and Media Releases October 7, 2024October 15, 2024 0 Comment

On the World Day for Decent Work, we condemn the ongoing attacks against trade unionists and labor organizers. The Philippines remains a perilous environment for those advocating for workers’ rights, where killings, abductions, and harassment continue unabated, including women labor leaders and organizers.

According to the 2024 Global Rights Index of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the threat of violence persists against Filipino workers and unions, where there is “no guarantee of rights” and are “exposed to autocratic regimes and unfair labor practices”.

The red-tagging and intimidation faced by the leaders of the Nexperia workers’ union illustrate this situation. For years, union leaders have been subjected to relentless surveillance and harassment, with union president Mary Ann Castillo among those targeted. Nexperia workers union has been organizing workers and fighting against unfair labor practices, and union-busting.

In 2021, Teresa Dioquino, a cultural worker and labor advocate, was illegally arrested, and is currently imprisoned. Dioquino is a staunch activist and has long served as International Officer of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, fighting for global workers’ rights. On May 3, 2022, Loi Magbanua, a labor organizer and women’s rights activist, was abducted and remains missing, presumed taken by state forces.

These forms of persecution demonstrate a concerted effort to stifle dissent and suppress workers’ rights. The enactment of the Anti-Terror Law and continuing funding of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has made it all worse.

As we mark this day, we stand together in solidarity to protect and defend those who fight for decent work – against exploitative practices, for living wages and labor rights. We enjoin all Filipinos in the collective fight to ensure that every worker can speak out without fear and threat of violence. No decent work without freedom of association and the right to organize!