By Manila Bulletin team
Alexa Basa
The Philippines, with many countries around the world, celebrates the role of women and highlights issues affecting them every March.
A law declaring March 8 as National Women's Day through Republic Act No. 6949, and two presidential proclamations – one of them
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
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte joined women rights advocates in celebrating the Women’s Month during the Purple Action Day led by the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) on Wednesday, March 1.
The Purple Action Day program, held at the Liwasang Diokno, CHR Headquarters in the city
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) kicked off “Purple Action Day” today, March 1, the opening of “Women's Month” this year, with messages of hope and solidarity for women and women leaders especially now that election day is fast approaching. The theme for thi