Project
Women in Pursuit of Justice
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Amount Funded
24,998 EUROProject Duration
01 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2022 -
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Lead organisation
Katinnulong Daguiti Umili iti Amian Incorporated
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KATINNULONG DAGUITI UMILI ITI AMIANAN (KADUAMI) is an Ilocano phrase which is translated as “People’s Partner in Northern Luzon”. It is a non-governmental and non-stock, non-profitorganization that has wide range and long-term experiences inimplementing projects in Northern Luzon, Philippines for over 37years. KADUAMI was established on October 04, 1983, after the FirstRegional Conference on Development Issues in Northern Luzon. Itwas registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July9, 1984.
KADUAMI’s work covers 3 regions in Northern Luzon Philippinesnamely: Cagayan Valley Region or Region II, Ilocos Region or RegionI, and the Cordillera Administrative Region.
KADUAMI envisions an empowered community that are able to assertbasic human rights, promote self-reliant, equitable and sustainabledevelopment and progressive culture. To help realize this vision,KADUAMI commits to contribute to the development of self-determining, self-reliant and inter-dependent communities in NorthernLuzon. To guide us through our development work are our COREVALUES that: 1. We are committed to uplift the situation of themarginalized sectors and communities; 2. We promote organized andactive people’s participation; 3. We are sensitive to indigenouspeoples and gender rights; 4. We work to contribute to social justiceand ecological stability. To achieve this, KADUAMI do capacity building, research, networking, partnerships, and socio- economicwork. As a service institution, KADUAMI is working with the peasants,fisher folk, workers, urban poor, indigenous peoples, and other institutions. It is committed to uplift the lives of the poor and neglected sector. For the next 3 years, KADUAMI aims to contribute in strengthening capacities of marginalized sectors in Northern Luzon forfood security and right to life.
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Organisation
KATINNULONG DAGUITI UMILI ITI AMIANAN (KADUAMI) is an Ilocano phrase which is translated as “People’s Partner in Northern Luzon”. It is a non-governmental and non-stock, non-profitorganization that has wide range and long-term experiences inimplementing projects in Northern Luzon, Philippines for over 37years. KADUAMI was established on October 04, 1983, after the FirstRegional Conference on Development Issues in Northern Luzon. Itwas registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July9, 1984.
KADUAMI’s work covers 3 regions in Northern Luzon Philippinesnamely: Cagayan Valley Region or Region II, Ilocos Region or RegionI, and the Cordillera Administrative Region.
KADUAMI envisions an empowered community that are able to assertbasic human rights, promote self-reliant, equitable and sustainabledevelopment and progressive culture. To help realize this vision,KADUAMI commits to contribute to the development of self-determining, self-reliant and inter-dependent communities in NorthernLuzon. To guide us through our development work are our COREVALUES that: 1. We are committed to uplift the situation of themarginalized sectors and communities; 2. We promote organized andactive people’s participation; 3. We are sensitive to indigenouspeoples and gender rights; 4. We work to contribute to social justiceand ecological stability. To achieve this, KADUAMI do capacity building, research, networking, partnerships, and socio- economicwork. As a service institution, KADUAMI is working with the peasants,fisher folk, workers, urban poor, indigenous peoples, and other institutions. It is committed to uplift the lives of the poor and neglected sector. For the next 3 years, KADUAMI aims to contribute in strengthening capacities of marginalized sectors in Northern Luzon forfood security and right to life.
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Project
This project will enable14 peasant women whose human rights are violated, experiencing judicial harassment, and injustice. At least3 of them are currently detained for trumped up charges, with whom 1 has a baby with her in the detention cell; 4 are forced to “surrender” as they were maliciously tagged as communist rebels; 4 are wives whose husbands are detained for trumped-up charges with planted evidence; and 3 victims of red-tagging, intimidation, and harassment. They are from 4 different municipalities, namely Baggao,Amulung, Alcala, Sto Nino, Aparri, in the Province of Cagayan, Region 2, Philippines. The
detained women are Christina Miguel, Violeta Ricardo and Amanda Echanis. Christina and Violeta are elderly peasant women who are detained due to invented accusations of murder of some soldiers, frustrated murder, arson, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They are charged separately but with similar charges. Last year, both were slapped with additional charges of murder and frustrated murder by the military. Amanda Echanis is a peasant organizer. Her newborn baby was a month old when a composite team of military and police barged into her home on December 2, 2020 at 3 AM, planted firearms and explosives, and charged for illegal possession of firearms. She is detained with her baby. Jacqueline Ratin (63), Julie Marcos (64), Jane Valencia (45), and Emilia Ventura (42) are women who are victims of forced surrender. The military forced them to sign a document that they used to be rebelsand are now “returning to the folds of the law”. Angelita Bulseco (65), Lina Ladino (64), and Alma Infante (50) are peasant women who are tagged by military as “recruiters” of New PeoplesArmy or NPA since 2018. They are continuously threatened, intimidated, and harassed by military. Rosalinda Dagohoy (58), Jane Ramos(55), Precious Cabildo
(46), and Clarita Pascua (50) are wives of peasant leaders who are victims of trumped-up charges with planted evidence. Common to them is the raids of their homes at3AM by a hundred military and policemen where they are planted evidence of ammunitions and charged with illegal possessions of such. The peasant women and their families are the direct victims of abuse of power. They face barriers in accessing justice dueto gender discriminationfor being marginalized, lack of knowledge of their rights, as well as economic and educational disadvantages. This problem stems from the condition of the current Philippine administration of President Duterte whose regime is built on fear and repression. It imposes militaristic policies against critiques to suppress dissent. This project aims to enable the peasant women who are under attack to speak up against harassment and manage their legal battles. Specifically, it supportslocal efforts to advocate for legal rights of women who are under attack and whose families are victims of HR abuse. It capacitates the women to become voices of the unheard and improve their access to
justice in their ongoing legal struggle. This project wishes to see that the women are capacitated to speak about the injustice they are in and can manage their legal battle.
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This project will enable14 peasant women whose human rights are violated, experiencing judicial harassment, and injustice. At least3 of them are currently detained for trumped up charges, with whom 1 has a baby with her in the detention cell; 4 are forced to “surrender” as they were maliciously tagged as communist rebels; 4 are wives whose husbands are detained for trumped-up charges with planted evidence; and 3 victims of red-tagging, intimidation, and harassment. They are from 4 different municipalities, namely Baggao,Amulung, Alcala, Sto Nino, Aparri, in the Province of Cagayan, Region 2, Philippines. The
detained women are Christina Miguel, Violeta Ricardo and Amanda Echanis. Christina and Violeta are elderly peasant women who are detained due to invented accusations of murder of some soldiers, frustrated murder, arson, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They are charged separately but with similar charges. Last year, both were slapped with additional charges of murder and frustrated murder by the military. Amanda Echanis is a peasant organizer. Her newborn baby was a month old when a composite team of military and police barged into her home on December 2, 2020 at 3 AM, planted firearms and explosives, and charged for illegal possession of firearms. She is detained with her baby. Jacqueline Ratin (63), Julie Marcos (64), Jane Valencia (45), and Emilia Ventura (42) are women who are victims of forced surrender. The military forced them to sign a document that they used to be rebelsand are now “returning to the folds of the law”. Angelita Bulseco (65), Lina Ladino (64), and Alma Infante (50) are peasant women who are tagged by military as “recruiters” of New PeoplesArmy or NPA since 2018. They are continuously threatened, intimidated, and harassed by military. Rosalinda Dagohoy (58), Jane Ramos(55), Precious Cabildo
(46), and Clarita Pascua (50) are wives of peasant leaders who are victims of trumped-up charges with planted evidence. Common to them is the raids of their homes at3AM by a hundred military and policemen where they are planted evidence of ammunitions and charged with illegal possessions of such. The peasant women and their families are the direct victims of abuse of power. They face barriers in accessing justice dueto gender discriminationfor being marginalized, lack of knowledge of their rights, as well as economic and educational disadvantages. This problem stems from the condition of the current Philippine administration of President Duterte whose regime is built on fear and repression. It imposes militaristic policies against critiques to suppress dissent. This project aims to enable the peasant women who are under attack to speak up against harassment and manage their legal battles. Specifically, it supportslocal efforts to advocate for legal rights of women who are under attack and whose families are victims of HR abuse. It capacitates the women to become voices of the unheard and improve their access to
justice in their ongoing legal struggle. This project wishes to see that the women are capacitated to speak about the injustice they are in and can manage their legal battle.