Upcoming: Sisters in Solidarity to stop the killings in the Philippines!
Published by Patrick January 18th, 2008 in International Solidarity, Lower Mainland, Womens Issues Tags: International Solidarity, philippines, women.- Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
- Time: 7-9 PM
- Location: The Richmond Caring Place,
- 7000 Minoru Blvd @ Granville
- Cost: minimum donation of $5 but no one will be turned away
Since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed power in the Philippines in January 2001, there are now more than 830 reported cases of extra-judicial killings and almost 200 cases of forcible disappearances in the Philippines. Despite this terror, the Filipino peoples resistance continues. The killings, mostly carried out by unidentified men often wearing face masks who shoot the victims before escaping on motorcycles, have rarely led to the arrest, prosecution and punishment of those responsible.
Come to a forum at the Richmond Women’s Resource Centre and learn more about the situation of women in the Philippines and how you can be a Sister In Solidarity.
For more information contact Philippine Women Centre of BC (604) 215-1103, pwc@kalayaancentre.net, www.kalayaancentre.net/pwcofbc or Richmond Women’s Resource Centre (604) 279-7060, www.richmondwomenscentre.bc.ca
Endorsed by the PSAC Vancouver Regional Women’s Committee