On January 3-4, 2007 the Asia Cause Lawyers Network (ACLN) was organized in New Delhi, with the Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative as the secretariat. This is a new regional organization of women’s human rights lawyers who are trial lawyers or who are in the academe. “Cause Lawyering’ is described as using law, litigation […]
Perspective
with Rowena V. Guanzon
My Blog: http://www.bingguanzon.com
OPINIONS
Two books in two years
Part 1
I am, as Atty. Lorna Kapunan would say, “back to the human race” after the launch of two books of the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies Foundation Inc. which I co-authored with some […]
LUCID INTERVAL
Prophetic Davide (Part 1)
By Rowena Guanzon
INQ7.net
Last updated 02:20am (Mla time) 12/19/2006
REMARKABLY, at least two of the dissenting opinions of former Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. proved to be prophetic. His and Justice Florenz Regalado’s dissenting opinion in People vs. Salarza, Jr (G.R. No. 117682, August 18, 1997) could very well be the decision […]
ENGENDERING THE PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY
By:
Rowena V. Guanzon, LLB, MPA
Aurora Javate- de Dios, MA
Theresa Balayaon, BSE
Damcelle Torres, LLB
In 2004, the U.P. Center for Women’s Studies, the U.P. Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. and the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, with the support of the United Nations Development Fund for Women-Bangkok, launched The 1st Gender Justice […]
Lucid Interval
First posted 06:03am (Mla time) Dec 06, 2005
By Rowena Guanzon
INQ7.net
FINALLY after two years, we have a conviction for violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9208) in the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City. There were previous convictions in Batangas province and Butuan City but these were for […]
