peace

Women: Silent no more

Recognizing the role of women in the peace process, the United Youth of the Philippines-Women (UnYPhil-Women) with support from Oxfam in partnership with the Australian Government through the project Women's Empowerment for Leadership in Development and Peace in the Bangsamoro (WELD-Peace),...

Working and hoping in an uncertain tomorrow

For 10 years, Sowaib and his wife ran an eatery in the transport terminal in barangay Lilod Madaya in Marawi City. When the war erupted, he was mistaken for a member of the Maute group and was shot in the arm. Now, living in an evacuation center, Sowaib finds a way to cope and carve a future for...

Path to Peace: The Peace Council and its report on the Bangsamoro Basic Law

The Peace Council is an independent group of citizen leaders who conducted a study of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the legislation that is intended to embody the provisions of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the...