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 […]

Aurora Javate de Dios, an expert on the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or the CEDAW, writes a chapter in our forthcoming book, Engendering the Philippine Judiciary. De Dios focuses on CEDAW and judicial practice, and points out the gaps in our judiciary.
We will post her article here […]

Edna Hontiveros, an NGO worker in Butuan, wrote that the Regional Trial Court of Butuan City rendered a conviction on white slavery in Butuan City. Although the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9208) was passed two years ago, there is yet no conviction using this law. The case as described […]

Lucid Interval : Victim blaming
First posted 05:27am (Mla time) Nov 15, 2005
By Rowena Guanzon
INQ7.net
WOMEN’S groups, including the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific and the Women’s Crisis Center Inc., are keeping a vigilant eye on the rape case filed in Olongapo City by a 22-year-old woman against six US marines. People are watching the progress […]

The author traces the history of the right of suffrage of Filipino women.