Episode 3: #DefendPeasantWomen Campaign

Chicas: A Gantala Press Podcast

#DefendPeasantWomen is a campaign of the Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women to fight and resist intensified attacks and human rights violations against peasant women across the country and hold the Duterte regime primarily accountable for the abuses committed by the government armed forces. In this episode, Amihan National Chairperson Zenaida Soriano provides a backgrounder to the campaign while PAMALAKAYA-Palawan Chairperson Annalie delos Santos shares her testimony on the government’s red-tagging of peasant leaders and organizers. Peasant Women political prisoner Amanda Echanis of Amihan-Cagayan delivers a message for International Women’s Month and Miriam Villanueva of KASAMA-LR reads her poem on “Bloody Sunday” which took the lives of nine peasant activists in Southern Tagalog in March. Mara Marasigan of UMA sings “Para sa Amihan.” Faye Cura hosts. Recordings courtesy of @amihan.peasant_women, Free Amanda Echanis Network, and Gantala Press.