Petra Macliing

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Petra Macliing is a Filipino anti-Chico dam activist, hailing from Bontoc, Mountain Province and best known as "Mother Petra". As a member of the Mainit tribe of Bontoc, [1] she joined the indigenous peoples of Bontoc and Kalinga in the fight to protect their "ili" (home village) against a World Bank funded dam project in the Philippines. [2] She is a founding member of Cordillera People's Alliance and leader of the Montañosa Women's Federation. She is also a member of the Kalinga-Bontoc Peace Pact Holders Association (KBPPHA) and the Cordillera Elders Alliance (CEA). She founded Mainit Ub-ubfo and the Maiinit Irrigators Association. [3]

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Personal life

Macliing was widowed at a young age, resulting in her having to raise eight children by herself. Macliing had seven daughters and one son, but her son passed away at a young age. [4] To support her family, Macliing worked as a farmer and sold saris, managing to send all of her daughters to college. Her youngest daughter, lawyer Francesca Macliing-Claver, recounted that she was only 3 months old when her father died. "My mother was the only parent I have ever known", said Francesca. [4]

Awards and recognitions

References

  1. ↑ "Bontoc woman is a human rights icon". VERA Files . March 30, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Nordis
  3. ↑ "Welcome to WWSF - Bienvenue sur le site FSMF".
  4. 1 2 Quitasol, Kimberlie (June 2018). "Remembering Mother Petra, Bontoc warrior". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Mother Petra Macliing receives international award". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  6. ↑ "25 September 2008, Philippines - CELEBRATING WOMen's COURAGE AMIDST TERROR AND FASCISM by Innabuyog". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-05-09.


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