Pahayag ng Paninindigan at Pagkakaisa ng Oriang

ORIANG KONGRESO NG PAGPUNDAR, Marso, 2017

PAHAYAG NG PANININDIGAN AT PAGKAKAISA ng ORIANG

Mula sa mataimtim na paniniwala na may angking tapang, lakas, kakayahan at talino ang kababaihang Pilipino, namamuno sa pagbabago ng kanilang kasalukuyang kalagayan at ang hinaharap, na nagdudulot ng labis na pasakit sa kanila,

Bilang pagkilala na kagyat ang pangangailan ng pagbabago dahil sa iba’tibang anyo ng diskriminasyon, pagsasamantala at kaapihan na nararanasan ng mga kababaihan sa pang-araw-araw, sa loob man o labas ng tahanan,

Dahil mahigpit na gagap natin mula sa pang-araw-araw na karanasan ang pagmamaliit at pagsasawalang-halaga sa kasarian at katauhan ng mga kababaihan na nasasalamin sa iba’t ibang paraang tulad ng mga sumusunod na halimbawa:

o patuloy na karahasan at pananakot laban sa kababaihan

o sa sitwasyong mababa at di-makatarungan ang pasahod sa mga manggagawa, lalo pang mas mababang kita at sahod ng kababaihan; lalo pang mas malalang katayuan ng kababaihan sa sitwasyong di-makatarungang kalagayan sa paggawa, kawalan ng seguridad sa trabaho, kakulangan ng mga mga batayang benepisyo at kontraktwalisasyon 

o diskriminasyon laban sa kababaihan sa tipo at anyo ng trabaho na mapapasukan

o mas mabigat na pananagutan at mahabang panahong iginuguol sa pag-aaruga ng pamilya at pamamahay; 

o paggamit sa katawan ng kababaihan, at paggamit sa mga kababaihan bilang "sex objects" para sa pagkamal ng tubo; pagtrato sa kababaihan bilang kalakal; kasama na ang industriyang prostitusyon;

o pagpapawalang-halaga sa kaalaman ng kababaihan, lalu na ang mga kababaihang katutubo

o pagyurak sa karapatan ng mga kababaihan, laluna sa akses at control ng mga rekurso tulad ng lupa at edukasyon, at sa kalusugang sekswal at karapatan pang-reproduksyon

o pagsagka sa kalayaang pagpasyahan ang sariling oryentasyong sekswal

Batay sa pagsusuri na ang naghaharing sistemang kapitalismo at patriyarkiya sa ating bansa at maging sa buong mundo ang di lamang nagbunsod ng ganitong kalagayan, kundi patuloy itong pinalalalim at pinagsasamantalahan,

Ayon sa matibay na paninindigan na wala nang ibang higit na nakakaunawa sa kalagayan ng mga kababaihan at may pangunahing interes na buwagin ang sistemang ito kundi mga kababaihan mismo,

Kami, mga kababaihang nagmula sa iba’t ibang sektor ay nagsasama-sama sa organisasyong Oriang, isang bagong kilusang peminista na

 Hangad ang lubusang paglaya ng mga kababaihan mula sa diskriminasyon at karahasan, kahirapan at kaapihan,

 Minamahalaga at ipinagdiriwang ang malayo ng inabot ng kilusang kababaihan sa Pilipinas at sa buong daigdig sa pakikipaglaban sa kapakanan, karapatan at kalayaan ng kababaihan,

 Humahalaw ng aral at humuhugot ng inspirasyon at lakas ng loob mula sa iba pang babaeng Pilipino tulad ni Gregoria de Jesus at marami pang ibang lumaban, nagtalaga ng maraming oras, at nagbuwis ng buhay sa paghahangad ng mas makataong pamumuhay at lipunan,

 Nanindigan na ipagbuklod-buklod ang aming mga karanasan, kakayahan, talino, lakas, sipag at mithiin tungo sa pagkamit ng kalayaan, lubos na pagtamasa ng mga karapatan ng mga kababaihan, at sasariling kapasyahan sa pag-iisip, pamumuhay at katauhan.

Pinagtitibay ngayong ika-31 ng Marso 2017, Lungsod Quezon

New Women's Movement ORIANG Launched

Oriang Press Release March 31, 2017

NEW WOMEN’S MOVEMENT ORIANG LAUNCHED, WOMEN LEADERS CONVENE FOR PROGRAMS ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS, GENDER JUSTICE, PROTEST AGAINST DO 174 AND CONTINUING LABOR CONTRACTUALIZATION, IN QUEZON CITY

Oriang, a new women’s movement, was launched on the final day of this year’s Women’s Month, attended by over a hundred women leaders from across social and sectoral organizations in the country.

The movement was founded as a contribution of women activists to the growing women’s movement and to the expansion of the fight for women’s rights and for gender and social justice. “Oriang is a movement named after one of the remarkable Filipino women revolutionaries: Gregoria De Jesus,” said Oriang Organizing Committee member Lidy Nacpil. “We take her name to honor her, to hold her up as a shining example of women going beyond the boundaries of tradition, women of courage and daring, women giving their lives for the liberation of their country and their people,” said Nacpil.

“We take her name to send a message that the task of revolutionary transformation has not been completed, that this task is now more urgent than ever,” continued Nacpil. 

Oriang’s Founding Congress carried the theme “Kababaihang Lumalaban para sa Kalayaan, Karapatan at Sariling Kapasyahan” as it formally convened to forge and implement programs and strategies for organizing and mobilizing women. Veteran feminist activists engaged in multi-sectoral and social struggles brought to the forefront of the assembly current issues that have been significantly impacting everyday lives of women across the country. Among the issues deliberated upon were climate justice, defense of democracy, workers’ rights, the right to livelihood and housing, the state of human rights in the country, and women-centric issues such as the fight for reproductive justice, freedom from discrimination and violence against women, and women’s social and economic emancipation and political empowerment.

“Oriang believes that women’s struggles intersect with every other struggle,” said Nacpil. “It is important that in tackling any social issue, we do not forget to look through the lens of the woman’s plight. Women, after all, are twice impacted by each societal problem — as a woman and as a citizen,” said Nacpil. Nacpil, as a feminist activist currently engaged in the global movement for climate justice, cited the domestic and social struggles endured by women residing in regional areas across the globe where the worst effects of climate change are being felt. “That is one among many issues where women suffer twofold,” said Nacpil. “Oriang fights to make the extraordinary struggles of these women known and eradicated,” said Nacpil.

After the assembly, women leaders composing Oriang gathered outside the Social Security System building where the assembly was held, to join in the widening call against DO 174 and the continuing problem of labor contractualization. Oriang condemned the Department Order by the Department of Labor and Employment as a move to detract from fulfilling the true call of movements and organizations fighting against contractualization: to end labor contractualization unconditionally.