Posted in Philippines, feminist theory, globalization, human rights, social justice, women of color, tagged feminism, feminist theory, social justice, women of color on October 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
What does it mean to recognize the home as a site of resistance?
Last semester, our professor posed this question to a group of law students at an ivy league university, and was surprised at how many students got so upset. But professor, they cried, women were oppressed in the home. That’s why we fought so [...]
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Posted in Good reads, Philippines, feminist theory, globalization, social justice, women of color, tagged blog action day, chandra mohanty, feminism, feminist theory, gayatri spivak, gender, globalization, poverty, women, women of color on October 15, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I am an immigrant woman of the Two-Thirds World, who is living with the One-Third World.
I first came across Esteva and Prakash’s concept of the One Third/Two Thirds World via Chandra Mohanty’s Feminism Without Borders. The concepts recognize the transnational nature of capital, and how policies instituted by people in the One-Third World (middle and [...]
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Posted in Philippines, globalization, social justice, women, women of color, tagged anti-capitalism, bangladesh, gender, Ifugao, microcredit, Philippines, social justice, women, women of color on October 14, 2008 | 22 Comments »
It’s easy to understand the appeal of microcredit. Poor women from the Global South use loans as small as $20 to start businesses and lift themselves from poverty. The creditors make a profit when the loans are repaid. Win-win.
What do they say about things that look too good to be true?
A whopping 90 to 99 [...]
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Posted in Philippines, human rights, social justice, tagged Committee to Protect Journalists, corruption, journalists, Philippines, press, press freedom, transparency international on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In findings that surprise no one who has ever lived or done business in the country, reports from Transparency International show the Philippines is perceived as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
An indignant Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo replied that these perceptions of corruption were not caused by, you know, actual corruption. Instead, [...]
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Posted in Philippines, globalization, human rights, social justice, women of color, tagged fallujah, globalization, militarization, Philippines, US elections, war on terror, women of color on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“If McCain is elected, I’m headed back home,” stated a classmate this week during a discussion about the elections.
The assumption behind the plan, of course, is that moving away would insulate you from the effects of Bush-McCain’s policies. But if anything, the deleterious effects of this administration’s military policies are magnified for marginalized populations in [...]
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