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Statement on the Arrest of Dan Balucio
STATEMENTSThe Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte - Philippinen (AMP) and its member organizations express their deep concern about the recent human rights developments in the Philippines and especially about the arrest of human rights defender and United Church of Christ...
Situationer on the Armed Conflict and Displacement in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Last Friday evening, May 7, 2021, a group of men, eventually identified as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), was spotted at the Masjid (place of worship) near the Datu Paglas Public Market. The BIFF group even assured the...
Dad’s Magic Hands: Promoting Hygiene Practices While Challenging Gender Norms in Care Work
At the height of the global pandemic last October 2020, Rohamina, 33, an OFW, came back by an ambulance to her hometown in Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao. She decided to hide the fact that she just got back from abroad to prevent being discriminated by anyone she comes across in her hometown. But what did Rohamina do in order to overcome her fear of being discriminated by her community?
Health Champions in Care Work: Sharing Care Responsibilities in the Face of a Pandemic
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES After one year of grappling with the effects of the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to limit people’s access to livelihood and basic social services such as health, education, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and life-saving...
Homeward in the face of crisis: Community-based Health Interventions Meet Filipino Resiliency
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The public health distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic not only aggravated existing socio-economic issues, but also created new problems of displacement in the workforce. In 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Public Servant to Health Champion: Empowering Community Leaders to Become Stewards of Health
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The COVID-19 global health crisis and its compounding effects continue to affect economies and people’s lives especially in poor and marginalized communities of Mindanao. Sultan sa Barongis or SSB remains to be among the poorest...
Magic hands to care and to provide: sanitation and hygiene to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
At the height of the global pandemic last October 2020, Rohamina, 33, an OFW, came back by an ambulance to her hometown in Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao. She decided to hide the fact that she just got back from abroad to prevent being discriminated by anyone she comes across in her hometown. But what did Rohamina do in order to overcome her fear of being discriminated by her community?
Leading from the ground up
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIESOn the eve of her 37th birthday, Sittie Batalo was on her way to Cagayan de Oro City when she received a call from her father-in-law in Basak Malutlot, Marawi City. She could hear gunshots being fired. This was the start of the 5-month...
Changing cultural landscapes of disaster preparedness
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIESKapamagogopa is a Maranaw custom derived from the word ogop which directly translates to “help”. It refers to the practice of helping the needy as ordered by Allah. For the Maranaws, everyone has the duty to look out for one another and...
Of rotis and sandwiches: how a single mother feeds 14 family members
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIESThe “sandwich generation” refers to adults who have a living parent who are 65 years old or older and are either raising a child or supporting a grown child. These middle-aged adults are “sandwiched” between aging parents and kids who...
Assistance in a time of grief
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES“I will leave it up to Allah if I will earn anything for the day,” Magondaya Torondaya, 63, said in tears. Magondaya sells palapa for a living. A staple sweet and spicy Maranao condiment, she makes the palapa herself and peddles it...
Sowing seeds, reaping resiliency
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES“Isang taon naming hinintay ang isang libo” (We waited for an entire year for Php 1,000.00 or $ 20.00), Bedorie Mamailao recalls. Bedorie, 60, explained that ginger takes an entire year to harvest. The first time they did, Bedorie and...