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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
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
"Police charged at the contingent even after the end of the short action. The banner was forcefully torn from the participants and the three youth leaders were violently arrested and dragged towards police vehicles," labor coalition Nagkaisa said.