Japan: With the sunset comes a new dawn
(Call it by whatever name – religion or ideology – it is a universal truth: sacrifice and giving amid great odds is a product of a great society; A society that survives with dignity.)
Letter from Fukushima: A Vietnamese-Japanese police … Read the rest
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The way we are
I woke up today harking back to my youth in a remote farming village in the Philippines where I grew up. The village has the sea on one side and the hills on the other. There … Read the rest
Read More...This nun is a babaylan
Celebrating March as Women’s Month, activist nun Mother Mary John Mananzan, Prioress of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters in Manila, says she is a present-day babaylan whose roles she would want to share with other Filipino women who wish to change … Read the rest
Being Sixty and Sassy
By Girlie Villariba
Today think of the 100th year of women’s liberation and share a story. Why ? More than a billion women are not quite liberated but can enjoy some freedom. With an audacious attitude similar to that of … Read the rest
Salamat po, Pilipina ako
Ni Gloria Esguerra Melencio
Ipinaghele ako sa duyan ng dalawang babaing walang pangalan– isang Bisaya, ang aking ina; at isang Ilokana, ang aking lola. Dala ni Nanay ang kulturang masayahin at mapagmahal ng mga Bisaya; dala ni Mamang ang kulturang … Read the rest
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