12/12/2025
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๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Across the country, over a hundred transformative feminist leaders stand united under the ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, an intergenerational, intersectional movement launched in February 2025, driven by our shared vision of a Philippines where power is transformed, patriarchal governance is dismantled, and leadership is rooted in justice, care, and people centered governance.
As the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women comes to a close, we reaffirm our collective missionโto organize, strengthen, and mobilize feminist leaders who challenge oppressive systems, advance feminist governance, and reclaim political spaces. We are committed to growing a powerful feminist community, widening our political influence, and pushing forward the policy changes that uphold womenโs rights and dignity.
But we cannot build this future while Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWP) continues to silence, terrorize, and push women out of political life.
This year alone, we saw Mexicoโs President-elect subjected to sexual harassment, Manila Councilor Eunice Castro harassed by a fellow councilor in full public view, and several of our own LakasBayi members navigating similar abuses in their local political spacesโclear reminders that no position, no
community, and no woman is spared from misogyny in politics.
If this is what women in power experience, what more those who are still aspiring, or those with no political protection at all?
๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
It is a tool of patriarchal control designed to intimidate, punish, and remove women from political spaces.
It tells young women: this is not for you.
LakasBayi rejects this completely.
We stand firm in our Transformative Feminist Principles: leadership that is ethical, caring, participatory, intersectional, and unwavering in its duty to protect womenโs safety and dignity. This is the kind of leadership we insist onโone that makes political spaces genuinely safe and empowering, especially for young women stepping into public life and for those already carrying the weight of service inside our institutions.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
On this final day of the 18-Day Campaign, LakasBayi calls for decisive action:
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ & ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Pass and enforce a national policy against Violence Against Women in Politicsโone with real penalties and real protection for women leaders.
๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Adopt zero tolerance against harassment, misogyny, and abuse. Investigate and act swiftly on complaints, hold perpetrators accountable, and make your spaces safe for women to lead.
๐ฏ. ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
Use your voice and influence. Stand with women leaders, back them publicly, and call out VAWP wherever it appears.
๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ & ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Refuse to be instruments of misogyny and disinformation. Uphold truth, dignity, and fairness. Do not allow your platforms to be used to attack, demean, or endanger women in politics.
The fight for a just and feminist democracy will not be won by silence.
It will be won by collective courage, solidarity, and a movement of women leaders and allies who refuse to accept violence as the cost of participation.
๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ: ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒโ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
We will accept nothing less, and we will build nothing less.
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