GABRIELA

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GABRIELA is a leftist Filipino organization that advocates for women's issues.

It is a nationwide network of grassroots organizations, institutions, and programs that address issues such as human rights, poverty, globalization, militarism, violence, health, sex trafficking, and other issues affecting women. It's name is an acronym of General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action. There are regional chapters in Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Mindanao; sub-regional chapters in Negros, Panay and Samar and provincial chapters in Bicol and Cebu.

[edit] History

GABRIELA was founded in April 1984 after 10,000 women marched in Manila, defying a Marcos decree against demonstrations.^[1] The NGO was named named in honor of Gabriela Silang, who led a revolt against Spain in the second half of the eighteenth century.

[edit] Gabriela Women’s Party

The Gabriela Women’s Party was launched in 2003.^[2] In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives the party-list got 464,586 votes (3.6518% of the nationwide vote and one seat; Liza Maza)^{[3] [4]} In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote.

[edit] Representatives to Congress

[edit] Affiliations

It is also affiliated with GABNet in the United States, a solidarity organization which tries to organize American women around Philippine issues.

[edit] Actions in the United States

GABRIELA conducted a nationwide vigil on Friday, May 20th, 2005 in six US cities—Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. The vigil was organized by GABRIELA Network (GABNet), a US-Philippine women’s solidarity mass organization, was the first nationally coordinated action in the US to protest the escalating political killings in the Philippines.^[5]

[edit] Human Trafficking

In the Philippines, GABRIELA is actively involved in awareness campaigns to prevent the trafficking of women and girls from the Philippines. Its strategies consist of seminars and information dissemination to NGOs and government agencies and awareness campaigns at the community level.^[6] GABRIELA Philippines reports that a Filipina woman sells for between $3000 and $5000 in the international sex trade.^[7]

[edit] Notable members

• Ninotchka Rosca

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• GABRIELA Philippines
• The GABRIELA Network USA

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