The Strong Filipina Women Standing Up Against Philippine President Duterte
"With little external pressure coming anytime soon, President Duterte only faces internal opposition from two political figures – both are women, and both are well placed and well equipped to combat the macho autocrat." News story from The Guardian.
OPINION: Philippine President Duterte Era to Women: Put Up or Shut Up
"To be a woman and occupy public office is to have one’s body parts ogled at by the other men in the room, or be dismissed as a joke. To be a woman in public service is to risk having one’s private life being trotted out and discussed salaciously if you say something out of line. The message is: put up or shut up." News story from Esquire Magazine Philippines.
Senator Leila M. De Lima's Statement
"It appears that Ronnie Dayan has been successfully turned into another one of my accusers by this Administration. Nevertheless, I welcome this as an opportunity to clear my name as soon as all these fiction stories of the underworld are weaved into a complete but grotesque tapestry and finally filed before a court of law where I can properly defend myself, hopefully this time without the fanfare and the drama of my persecution before the media."
#Everywoman: FWN Stands for Filipina Women's Right to Privacy
A group of Filipinas have started a self-incrimination campaign: “I would like to testify in the House of Representatives. It was me in the sex video.” – signed, #EveryWoman. We are vehemently against the showing of the alleged sex videos of Senator Leila de Lima.