UN Women and Oxfam Pilipinas held a web conference entitled, “Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women: Current Insights, Prospects for Recovery and Resilience Building” last March 31, 2020. GALANG Philippines, along with other women’s groups, and private sector…
As a feminist human rights organization initiated by a group of lesbian friends, GALANG continues to celebrate and highlight lesbians from all walks of life for 11 years now. We will leave no one behind as we continue our fight…
Today, we celebrate our transgender siblings’ victories in their fight for recognition, and equal rights. Every person deserves equal treatment and representation in all areas of life regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC). Last…
Happy International Women’s Day! The road to gender equality is a long and challenging journey for all of us, but we continue and remain steadfast despite these hurdles. Today, we celebrate and honor all kinds of women from different walks…
The 5th National Women’s Summit was held last March 4-6, 2020 in celebration of the 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action. The summit was held at Miriam College, Quezon City wherein parallel sessions tackled issues and challenges faced…
GALANG Philippines, together with UNDP Philippines, Commission on Human Rights, and Overseas Development Institute launched the results of their research entitled, “Making It Work: Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Philippines” through a national dissemination workshop held…
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark document which declares that all human beings are entitled to rights. This year, UN’s #YouthStandingUpForHumanRights aims to encourage and amplify the voices of the youth like Greta Thunberg who is passionately advocating on…
More than 2 decades have passed since Filipino lesbians from different regions of the country came together in 1996, and asserted that December 8 is National Lesbian Day. Yet, we still face the same homophobia, violence and the different forms…
