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Filipinas denounce Duterte as world marks Women's Day

Published 03/08/2021, 10:23 PM
Updated 03/08/2021, 10:30 PM
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MANILA, March 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds of mostly women
demonstrators rallied in the Philippine capital on Monday to
mark International Women's Day, and took aim at the country's
president Rodrigo Duterte for alleged rights abuses against
women.
Protesters smashed an effigy of Duterte with sledgehammers
during a demonstration near his residence in Manila during which
women's activists denounced him for what they called abusive
security policies.
"We are facing a virus far deadlier than COVID and it is the
rotten, anti-people, pro-foreign interest, and macho-fascist
presidency," said Joms Salvador, Secretary General of Gabriela,
a prominent women's organisation in the Philippines.
Duterte is known for his informal speeches and often uses
profanity and threats of violence, offending some Filipinos, but
also endearing him to many, including women.
Since taking office in 2016, Duterte has infuriated women's
groups, who call him a misogynist after he made jokes about rape
on several occasions.
Duterte recently said he had told his politician daughter
not to run for president to succeed him, because it was no job
for a woman.
But in a statement on Monday, Duterte said his government
could "proudly claim that concrete, sustainable, and inclusive
actions" had been taken to create a better environment where
women's rights are respected.
"Let us elevate women to their rightful place in society by
empowering every Filipina to break not only the barriers that
have long hindered them ... but also the backward mindset that
fuelled a culture of gender oppression and inequality," he said.

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