FACTS OR LIES?

Lorena Barros

• woman leader, gifted writer

• ONE OF THE ICONS OF MODERN PHILIPPINE FEMINISM
• SHE WAS ONE OF THE WELL-KNOWN HEROES DURING THE ANTI-
DICTATORSHP STRUGGLE WHO FOUNDED THE MALAYANG KILUSAN
NG BAGONG KABABAIHAN OR MAKIBAKA
• FIRST VISUALLY-IMPAIRED FILIPINA TO BE AWARDED SUMMA CUM
LAUDE.(ROSELLE AMBUBUYOG)
ROSA HENSON
• SHE WAS A COMFORT WOMAN
• JOINED HUKBALAHAP AND SERVE AS A MESSENGER
• FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR COMFORT WOMEN BY JOINING
DEMONSTRATIONS AND EVEN FILING A SUIT IN TOKYO
• JOINED THE MILF PEACE PANEL
LETICIA RAMOS-SHAHANI
• FORMED THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF FILIPINO
WOMEN IN 1975
• SPEARHEADED AND SOLELY DRAFTED CONVENTION ON THE
ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY TO THE FIRST ITERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN MEXICO IN 1975
• MAINTAINED ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
Patricia Benetiz-Licuanan
• Facts: graduate student of psychology
• Served as the chairperson of the CHED
• Co-founder of the Asia-Pacific Women’s Watch
• Peace advocate
 Joi Barrios
• Born as maria Josephine Barrios in 1962
• Popular poet, actress, scriptwriter and activist
• Poetry entitled to be a woman is to Live at a times of war
• First Filipina to head the Philippine Province of the religious of the
good shepherd
Roselle Ambubuyog
• First visually impaired Filipina to be awarded suma cum laude
• Blind at the age of six
• Comfort Women
• A woman leader
Raissa Jajurie
• An attorney
• An advocate of Muslim Women’s right
• Died at the age of 26
• she believes in justice for Muslim women in accordance with Islamic
teachings and human rights standards.
Sister Christine Tan
• The first Filipina to head the Philippine Province of the Religious of
the Good Shepherd
• Former chairperson of the Executive board of the Association of
Major Religious Superiors of Women in the Philippines
• Founder of Alay Kapwa Christian Community.
• Active in the street parliament against the dictatorship during the
Marcos regime.
Sister Mary John Mananzan
• A feminist active, former GABRIELA chairperson
• Former president of St. Scholastica’s College
• Prioress of the Missionary of Benedictine sisters of the Manila Priory.
• Named as one the top 100 Inspiring People in the World during her
time as director of the Institute of Women’s Studies of St. Scholastica
in 2011
TERESITA QUINTOS-DELES
• An awardee of the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service
(TOWNS) in 2004.
• She was one of the well-known heroes during the anti-dictatorship
struggle who founded the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan
or MAKIBAKA.
• Received special awards and recognition from the Ten Outstanding
Students of the Philippines, Order of the Knight of Rizal, and the Bank
of the Philippine Islands Foundation Science Award.
• Became the representative of the country to the first International
Conference on the Status of Women in Mexico in 1975.