Gabriela Women's Party

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GABRIELA Women's Party
Leader Liza Maza
Spokesperson Luzviminda Ilagan
Founded1984, 2003 (as partylist)
Headquarters Quezon City
Ideology National democracy
Socialist feminism
Marxist feminism
Progressivism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Bayan
Makabayan
International affiliation International League of Peoples' Struggle
ColorsPurple, White
Sloganbabae, bata, bayan... tuloy ang laban! (Women, children, (and the) nation... the fight continues!)
Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
1 / 304
House of Representatives party-list seats
1 / 61
Website
www.gabrielawomensparty.net

The Gabriela Women's Party (General Assembly Binding Women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action), or simply GABRIELA, is a progressive Filipino political party that advocates for women's issues and represents Filipino women in the House of Representatives.

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The party is separate, although allied, with GABRIELA National Alliance of Filipino Women. [1] GABRIELA, the alliance, is a nationwide network of grassroots organizations, institutions, and programs that address social issues such as human rights, poverty, globalization, militarism, violence, rape culture, health, sex trafficking, censorship [2] and other issues affecting women. The alliance has regional chapters in Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Mindanao; sub-regional chapters in Negros, Panay and Samar, and provincial chapters in Bicol and Cebu. GABRIELA's membership includes Filipino women from marginalized sectors of society and works towards their education and empowerment. [3] The organization also engages in counseling services, medical missions, free clinics, and trainings on women's health and women's rights. [4]

History

GABRIELA, the alliance, was founded in April 1984 after 10,000 women marched in Manila, defying a Marcos decree against demonstrations. [5] GABRIELA was named in honor of Gabriela Silang, [6] a Filipina revolutionary, who led a revolt against Spain in 1763 following her husband's assassination. [7] Amidst a backdrop of widespread social inequality and unrest, GABRIELA aimed to synthesize issues of national liberation, poverty and women's emancipation. [8] The organization's founders pushed for "Third World feminism" which focused on comprehensive social transformation, rather than focusing on individual forms of oppression. [9] GABRIELA's advocacy challenges patriarchy, alongside resisting foreign influence and neocolonialism. [10]

Electoral performance

In 2003, the Gabriela Women's Party was launched with the help of GABRIELA members and other women's and people's organizations. [5] In the 2004 election for the House of Representatives the party-list received 464,586 votes (3.6518% of the nationwide vote) and won a seat for first nominee Liza Maza [11] [12] In the 2007 election, the party won two seats in the nationwide party-list vote. The Gabriela Women's Party was the only women's party to obtain a second term in Congress. [13]

ElectionVotes %Seats
2004 464,5863.65%1
2007 621,1713.89%2
2010 1,001,4213.31%2
2013 713,4922.60%2
2016 1,367,7954.22%2
2019 445,6961.61%1
2022 413,9091.15%1

Representatives to Congress

Programs and positions

One Billion Rising (OBR) Task Force Philippines [14]

One Billion Rising (OBR) is a global campaign founded to end rape and sexual violence against women. Since 2013, GABRIELA have led the One Billion Rising Task Force in the Philippines and abroad where its chapters are situated. [14]

The Philippine task force members include:

Human trafficking

In the Philippines, GABRIELA is actively involved in awareness campaigns to prevent the trafficking of women and girls from the Philippines. Its strategies consist of seminars and information dissemination to NGOs and government agencies and awareness campaigns at the community level. [15] In 1999, GABRIELA launched the Purple Rose Campaign against the sex trafficking of Filipino women and children. [16] The campaign achieved a milestone with the passage of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 with GABRIELA representative Liza Maza as the bill's co-sponsor. [17] GABRIELA is also actively involved in the Vow to Fight Against Violence on Women and the Free Our Sisters/Free Ourselves campaign. [18]

International chapters

GABRIELA has chapters in the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. [13]

See also

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