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After 10 years: Ondoy survivors still need post-disaster counselling

Center for Women's Resources #HerStoryOurStory, Statements and Media Releases September 26, 2019May 22, 2020

Tears still flow when survivors recall what happened to them ten years ago, when typhoon Ondoy devastated the Philippines in September 2009, affecting 4.9 million Filipinos. The disaster-affected communities in Marikina show worrying signs in the re-telling of their experiences, indicating the need for post-disaster counselling.

Tragedy of Errors: Persecution of Human Rights Activists, Release of Rapists-Murderers and Plunderers – CWR

Center for Women's Resources Statements and Media Releases August 23, 2019May 19, 2020

They are so preposterous that they become tragically and illogically comedic: persecuting human rights activists yet, letting plunderers, rapists, and murderers remain scot-free.

We mourn, rage, and demand an end to the attacks against the Filipino people!

Center for Women's Resources Statements and Media Releases August 20, 2019May 10, 2020

The Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) joins the peasant sector and other people’s organizations in holding the National Day of Mourning today to protest the unabated killings of farmers and civilians in Negros and other parts of the country.

Rhetorics and Retorts of SONA 2019: Are we on the same page, Mr. President?

Center for Women's Resources Statements and Media Releases July 24, 2019May 10, 2020SONA 0 Comment

President Rodrigo Duterte confidently stated in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), “Our goal for the next three years is clear: a comfortable life for everybody, all Filipinos. We have made significant strides and accomplished signal milestones as a nation in the past three years.”

Such impressive rhetorics, but may we ask, Mr. President, are we in the same page?

Paying tribute to mothers: Call for an end to poverty, social injustice, and violence

Center for Women's Resources Statements and Media Releases May 12, 2019May 10, 2020Defend human rights, poverty, Stop the attacks, TRAIN, VAW, VAWC, War on drugs 0 Comment

This Mother’s Day, the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a 37-year research and training institution for women, urges the public to genuinely pay tribute to mothers not only by recognizing their sacrifices as homemaker, but also by calling for an end to societal ills that burden all mothers, especially those who belong to the marginalized sectors.