Women across the world have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Care responsibilities, which now include teaching children, top off the long-standing problem of unpaid labor such as housework. During the lockdown, women have also been more vulnerable to domestic … Continue reading “The Art of Women’s Struggles Is the Art of Building Community and Making Alternative History”
Tag: Duterte
Music as Counterviolence in the Time of Duterte and COVID-19
Alyana CabralWith the violence of the patriarchy becoming more prominent and exacerbating worsening socioeconomic conditions around COVID-19, circumventions and confrontations have been necessary as strategies for survival. Art, with its tradition of disestablishing flawed systems and infrastructure as well as exposing … Continue reading “Music as Counterviolence in the Time of Duterte and COVID-19”
Urban and Rural Women at the Forefront of Reclaiming Their Land
Geela GarciaThe urban poor women’s gardens at Pandi and San Roque and the three-decade land struggle of the farmers at Lupang Ramos transcend “arts and crafts.” Their organized resistance, in the form of gardening, belongs to a long-running struggle that defies … Continue reading “Urban and Rural Women at the Forefront of Reclaiming Their Land”