by Jen Maramba | Nov 26, 2014 | Babaylan and Community Healing, Decolonization and Filipino Identity, Events and Conference, In the News, Indigenous Education, Modern Practices, Organization Updates, Reflections and Commentaries
by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta in UP Forum For countless years, indigenous peoples (IPs) have lived on the fringes of society, barely mentioned even in the footnotes of history texts. The IPs, if given any attention at all, are often viewed as collateral damage in...
by Omehra | Jun 17, 2009 | Definitions, Events and Conference, In the News
Originally published in Filipinas Magazine in the March 2009 issue, reprinted with permission from the author Filipino Women Powerby Allen Gaborro (Filipinas Magazine, pg. 45-47) It was with the arrival of European colonialism in the 16th century that the high ideal...
by Omehra | May 1, 2009 | Babaylan and Community Healing, Feminine Divine, In the News, Modern Practices
~~ In the News ~~LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – They call themselves “midwives of the soul.” But while midwives assist women during childbirth, these hospice volunteers “give comfort to the dying.” “When dying, there is so much pain – physical, psychological, emotional,...
by Omehra | Apr 25, 2009 | Babaylan and Community Healing, Decolonization and Filipino Identity, Definitions, Events and Conference, In the News, Modern Practices
~~ In The News ~~ Human beings are not born violent: Associate Professor Leny Mendoza-Strobel SAN PEDRO—”Perhaps if women had never lost parity with men and we live in a society that honors both genders equally, we wouldn’t even need an International Women’s...
