“I was a lone wolf crying and it started in 2009. It was personal for me since I lost two friends…” Marlon Lacsamana always shares this as an introduction to the work he has done so far. “It was just pen and paper and thanks to Reighben Labilles, there is some semblance of a database.”
Y-PEER Pilipinas Newsletter Volume 1
Read Y-PEER’s first newsletter here! For inquiries, please get in touch with Mr. Mario Balibago , Y-PEER International Coordinator In Charge of Media and Communication; and Ms. Anzaira Roxas , Y-PEER Pilpinas Focal Point In-Charge.
Pinay Domestic Helper risked life for her employer’s son
Juanita was working in Hongkong barely three months prior to the accident. The family of Juanita will receive as beneficiaries the death benefit amounting to P200,000 and the P20,000 burial benefit from OWWA.
Historic Decision at the United Nations
In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Human Rights Council Passes First Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The Human Rights Council made a historic decision by passing the first resolution on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity (L9/rev1) yesterday, June 17.
Why I’m Pro-Life, Whatever That Means
Being “pro-life” necessitates an experience, an understanding, of the struggles of humanity, and it requires the acceptance that, frankly, humanity sometimes works to disengage us from our youthful innocence. We do not become advocates of murder for believing there are no dead embryos in the aftermath of protected sex.