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The Violence Is Not Our Culture Campaign is an initiative of Women Living Under Muslim Laws to eliminate all forms of 'culturally-justified' violence 
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Philippines: Controversy after woman in shorts poses in front of cross

April 9, 2012
ABS-CBN

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) A year after an artist drew flak for adding phallic symbols to religious images, a young woman has become a subject of controversy for posing in front of a cross while wearing skimpy clothes.

Internet users from the Philippines, a largely Catholic country, called the woman “a disgrace” for “disrespecting their religion” after seeing the photo, which became viral on social networking sites over the weekend.

The Holy Week celebrations, called by bishops as “the climax of the faith celebration of the church,” concluded yesterday, Easter Sunday.

Women's 'sex strike' a global phenomena

September 16, 2011
ABS-CBN News

A collective "sex strike" launched by women in Dado, Maguindanao, to bring peace to the troubled village and nearby communities is not the first of its kind in the world.

It has its roots in Greek playwright Aristophanes' "Lysistrata."

Philippines: Early Marriage of Muslim Girls - Risks

MANILA, 26 January 2010 (IRIN) - Nurina was 14 when she married Sid, who was 23. “We were close friends. He treated me like a younger sister,” Nurina said. “People started to gossip and my family insisted that we be married to avoid tarnishing my reputation.”

Seven years later, Nurina is a third-year high-school student and a mother of three.

Early and arranged marriages are common practice in Muslim culture in the Philippines where about 5 percent of the country’s 97 million inhabitants are Muslim.

The Catholic perspective on anti-VAW strategies within the Catholic Church

November, 2009
Sr. Mary John Mananzan, a feminist theologian and founder-honorary Chair of GABRIELA

The Role of Religious/Faith Based Organizations in the UN Secretary General's Campaign to End Violence Against Women in the Asia-Pacific Region

Presentation by Sr. Mary John Mananzan, given during the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) High Level Intergovernmental meeting (HLM) to review regional implimentation of the Beijing Platform for Action and its regional and global outcomes.

Sr. Mary John Mananzan is a feminist theologian and founder-honorary Chair of GABRIELA (a leading women's movement in the Philippines).