Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation

Economic Justice

Maranao woman activist speaks on gender and inequality

22/01/2015

Some of the participants from the Philippines with us today, especially non-Muslims, may be surprised that early marriage, divorce and polygamy is allowed in their own country when majority of the Filipinos are not allowed to do this. This is because it is allowed by the Philippine law through the Code of Muslim Personal Laws that Muslims-Filipinos can do these legally. Perhaps they call this religious tolerance and respect for differences. I call it culturally-justified violence committed not only by Muslim and government leaders in our country. This is another form of inequality both for the Muslims and non-Muslims in our country.

Hand in Hand: Women’s Empowerment and Economic Justice

10/12/2014

Solidaritas Perempuan (SP) and the Institute for Women’s Empowerment (IWE) organized a workshop on “Sustaining Women’s Leadership to Build a Social and Solidarity Economy,” which was held in Bali from the 30th of November until the 2nd of December 2013, in anticipation of the start of the People’s Action Against the WTO, that opened on 3 December in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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