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Statement on the Arrest of Dan Balucio

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...

Dad’s Magic Hands: Promoting Hygiene Practices While Challenging Gender Norms in Care Work

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?

Magic hands to care and to provide: sanitation and hygiene to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

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

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

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

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

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

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...