Archive - Publications

[one_fourth]   [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last] The Right to Vote: Filipinos with Disabilities and the 2013 Elections chronicles the journey of government and civil society to make the 2013 elections disability-inclusive. Produced by the media nonprofit VERA Files, the 173-page book examines the gains and setbacks of the Commission on Elections and its Inter-Agency and NGO Network

The two young daughters of a women’s rights advocate try to live normal lives even as they attend the trial of their mother’s murder in Tagbilaran City almost every month. A Lumad family in Davao continues to bereave  the death of their patriarch while seeking ways to hold on to their ancestral land. A wife

Democracy at Gunpoint examines election-related violence at a crucial time in Philippine politics. On November 23, 2009, half a year before the May 10, 2010 elections, the worst election-related violent incident the country took place in Maguindanao. The carnage that left 58 civilians dead, including the wife of a gubernatorial candidate, forced government and civil

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last] This  collection features stories about how the creation of good jobs and achievement of personal goals in Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam is linked to local employment strategies based on the concept of decent work. Published by the International Labour Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific with the assistance of VERA

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last] When the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was passed in 1988, a Congress heavily influenced by landlord members crafted it in favor of, naturally, the landowners, especially of the medium to large estates belonging to the wealthiest families and corporations. Not surprisingly, disputes between landowners and farmer-beneficiaries ensued, coming to a head in

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last] Every day, 10 to 12 Filipino women die because of maternity-related cases. The Philippines has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia: 162 deaths per 100,000 live births. Under the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the Philippines and other member states must drastically reduce the incidence to 52 per 100,000 births