Red fighters may come from various walks of life but they are linked by a common aspiration for revolutionary change. In the New People’s Army (NPA), oppressed classes and sectors unite to serve the masses, consolidate their strength and change the society. Ka Kiko, 19, now bears the onus of his elderly parents. Due to […]

Peasant women are considered an “invisible” part of labor force. Data by the Center for Women’s Resources in 2018 indicated that only 644,000 women were counted by the reactionary state in the agricultural sector. This extremely low figure is attributed to the fact that many peasant women do not own land and are categorized as […]

Women’s day. More than a thousand individuals marched to Mendiola, Manila to commemorate the International Working Women’s Day last March 8. Organizations led by Gabriela demanded the immediate distribution of aid, and the people’s right to livelihood, wages and employment. Similar protest actions were launched in Baguio City, Bulacan, Naga City, at Iloilo City. One […]

More than a million women were dropped from the labor force last year. This is equivalent to almost double of the total number of men (600,000) dropped from the said statistics during the same period. In sum, 19.7 million women or almost half of the total 37 million women aged 15 and above were not […]