MANILA - Filipina Monique Wilson, a former
lead actress in the Broadway production of Ms Saigon in London and in
New York when she was a teenager in the mid 80s, has turned militant and
is now urging women to rise up against injustices such as rape and
domestic abuse.
“The Philippines will be one
of the 207 countries where protest-dance against beating and raping of
women will be done on all streets nationwide,” said Wilson, director of
the protest rally called, “One Billion Rising in the Philippines,” part
of a global event for the empowerment of women.With events being held across the country simultaneously on February 14, the Philippines will be the third country to be featured initially in a live streaming worldwide coverage, after New Zealand and Australia, said Wilson.
From these three countries,
the worldwide documentation will be done sequentially in Bangladesh,
Indonesia, other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), European countries, the Middle East, Latin.America, the United States, and Canada, said Wilson.
Hundreds of thousands of Filipino women have vowed to join the protest
dance in their call for freedom from abuse and harassment.
Source: Gulfnews..., Agencies
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