New York, NY–After a momentous GABRIELA-USA assembly in Los Angeles on March 29, 2009, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) will continue celebrating the advances of Filipino women’s struggle with their own brand of New York flare. Highlighting significant Filipino women in Filipino and Filipino American history and current day heroines and artists in FilAm circles, the second annual Diwang Pinay focuses on how Filipino women are emanating a light that inspires the nation at home and abroad.
FiRE’s annual Diwang Pinay is themed “Light of the Nation” or “Ilaw Ng Bayan” to redefine a traditional saying that women are the “light of the home” or “ilaw ng tahanan.” Expanding the cultural stereotype of the domestic Filipino women, the night will celebrate 25 years of Filipino women’s resistance, led by GABRIELA in the Philippines, a national alliance of women’s organizations. The alliance not only holds a distinct role in pushing forward the women’s rights in the Philippines, historically and currently, but has also given women hope and bravery to hold on to in the face of violence, poverty, state repression and migrant issues.
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