Pambansang Kongreso ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan

A National Consultation following PKKK’s 2nd Congress was participated in by representatives of the tribes of Agta, Kalanguy-a, Kakana-ey, Ibaloi, Dumagat, Bukidnon, Mamanwa, Subanen, Teduray, and Kalibugan.  The aim of the consultation was for the indigenous women network to firm-up its agenda and craft a plan that will be adopted by a national Indigenous Women Cluster under PKKK.  Thus, on October 16, the indigenous women leaders engaged the pertinent government agencies in a dialogue, where they presented their resolution, i.e. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Commission on the Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Office of the Presidential Affairs on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). 

The indigenous women also held an anti-mining and anti-logging picket in front of the DENR.  They protested the government’s violation of the indigenous peoples’ rights as the present administration promotes conscientiously the mining law, “peoples’ initiative” and charter change, visiting forces agreement (VFA), incursion of agri-business and plantations on ancestral lands, and militarization, among others. The indigenous women also reported the presence of mining explorations, private logging concessionaires in protected areas and watersheds, military detachments and armed conflict, in their communities.

• Press Statement of Indigenous Women [English-Filipino]