Women's group Gabriela, together with the Commission on Human Rights and the Sarilaya, hold the Purple Action Day to call on women's demand for social justice during the opening of Women's Month on Wednesday, Mar. 1, at the Liawasang Diokno, CHR Headquarters in Quezon City. (Mark Balmores / Manila B
"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women."
These powerful words of American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou best exemplify what the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) wants to say on the annual celebratio