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The 1976 Lino Brocka’s classic Insiang revolves around the story of Insiang (Hilda Koronel) whose mother Tonya (Mona Lisa) takes a young lover Dado (Ruel Vernal) under her wings despite their overwhelming poverty in the slums of Tondo. Insiang is raped by Dado but her cry for help to her mother fell on deaf ears. Insiang is forced to take revenge at those who have made her life miserable.

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Political parties should field more women candidates in next year’s elections to help increase the voice of women in governance and policy-making, Sen. Pia Cayetano said yesterday.

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 In response to my column Tuesday on women leaders in Mindanao, Meredith Ruth C. Lagarde wrote: “I think it is greatly mistaken to say that these so-called leaders want peace.

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President Aquino recognized Filipino women as pillars of strength and solidarity for their families, communities and country in the aftermath of disasters that hit the country last year.

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Representatives of governments, civil society and young people, together with parliamentarians and health personnel, met here to talk about fulfilling commitments to make the world a better place to live in.

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Women’s rights advocates from Asia Pacific have pledged to initiate the fund raising is $1 billion to speed up the creation of an agency under the United Nations that is focused on the protection of women’s rights.

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Taking off from the successful 9th Young Women Leaders’ Conference (YWLC) last September, women leaders from different campuses will gather once more to discuss crucial issues that concern them at the National Women’s Summit, to be held on Oct. 20-21 at Miriam College in Quezon City.

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In September 1995, the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China with the theme “Action for Equality, Development and Peace.”

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The resignation the other day of Aprodicio Laquian 45 days after taking office as Chief of Staff of Malacañang and its acceptance by President Estrada came as a shock. Laquian called it quits after learning that the Chief Executive had taken umbrage at his unguarded comment during a forum sponsored by the Manila Overseas Press Club about the Chief's staying up until 4 in the morning with his drinking buddies. The President had reportedly seen the video tape of the evening's affair in which Laquian said . . . [DatePublished] => 2000-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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 In response to my column Tuesday on women leaders in Mindanao, Meredith Ruth C. Lagarde wrote: “I think it is greatly mistaken to say that these so-called leaders want peace.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1298776 [Title] => Filipino women pillars of strength, solidarity – Noy [Summary] =>

President Aquino recognized Filipino women as pillars of strength and solidarity for their families, communities and country in the aftermath of disasters that hit the country last year.

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Representatives of governments, civil society and young people, together with parliamentarians and health personnel, met here to talk about fulfilling commitments to make the world a better place to live in.

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Taking off from the successful 9th Young Women Leaders’ Conference (YWLC) last September, women leaders from different campuses will gather once more to discuss crucial issues that concern them at the National Women’s Summit, to be held on Oct. 20-21 at Miriam College in Quezon City.

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