December 2008
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DAY 6 | Divorce Bill Testimonial Podcast
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November 2008
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DAY 5 | "from this day forward" Postcard Signing
For the 5th day of the 16 days GABNET collects signatures using these postcards to support the passing of the divorce bill in the Philippines. GABNET’s outreach efforts target Filipina Americans to show that the immigrant population in the US and their families support the Divorce Bill.
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WatchRep. Liza Maza, Gabriela Women’s Party Video Cast | Divorce Pinoy Style
Gabnet continues its commemoration of the 16 Days Against Gender Violence, as it turns its attention to the Political Repression in the Philippines and also pledges support for the Divorce Bill, introduced in Philippine Congress by the Gabriela Women’s Party.
Please watch, read, listen and learn more and join us...
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DAY 4 | VOW TO PROTECT WOMEN'S LIVES, FOR BETTER...
Quoted from Ninotchka Rosca’s blog Lily Pad
Divorce & the Imps of Feudalism
It was a delightful surprise when a thousand Filipinas signed up for a workshop on divorce – one offered by a women’s organization in North America. A thousand! This was shortly after the Honorable Liza L. Maza, congressional representative of the Gabriela Women’s Party, filed a divorce bill before the...
DAY 3 | Honoring Survivor's of Political...
On the third day of the 16 Days Campaign we invite our readers to learn the stories of those individuals who have been persecuted for exercising their political rights. When civil liberties are denied for some than all civil liberties are at stake. We must defend our rights and defend the women defenders!
Honoring Riham: Over 6000 Palestinian political prisoners are currently being held in...
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Remembering the release of the GABNet 3 National...
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DAY 2 | Gabnet Draws Attention to the Plight of...
The first Thanksgiving was proclaimed in 1637 by Governor Winthrop, who led a celebration fro the people from Massachusetts Bay Colony that returned from massacring over 700 Pequot women, children, and men in Connecticut.
Today the history of displacement, colonization and violence against indigenous women around the world continues.
United States Native American women are 2.5 times more likely...
GABNET AND MARIPOSA ALLIANCE PROUDLY AFFIRM...
Gabnet/Mariposa Alliance proudly affirm our participation in the international feminist movement’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign. Along with over 2,000 organizations in 154 countries who have participated in this campaign since 1991, Gabnet/Ma-Al launches our own16 days of activism, beginning on November 25th, the International Day Against Violence Against Women, with...
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Subversive Historian - 11/25/08 “Mariposa...
DAY 1 | Speak Out Against Gender Violence
*In Commemoration of the Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women…* USC API School of Social Work Caucus GABNet Los Angeles / Mariposa Alliance Asian Pacific American Student Services PRESENTS *”SPEAK OUT AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE”* Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 7:00-9:00PM Gabilan Courtyard USC School of Social Work Join us in speaking out! Light a candle to recognize and remember...
