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The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
GABRIELA, the alliance, was founded in April 1984 after 10,000 women marched in Manila, defying a Marcos decree against demonstrations. [5] GABRIELA was named in honor of Gabriela Silang, [6] a Filipina revolutionary, who led a revolt against Spain in 1763 following her husband's assassination. [7]
Zamora is married to fellow lawyer Ryan Rene Jornada, with whom she has a son. [1]Zamora is the daughter of former Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora. [4] Her family is currently governing City of San Juan, with her father as its former representative of its lone congressional district, half-brother Francis Zamora as its incumbent mayor.
Included in this list are members of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971, the Batasang Bayan, which functioned as the de facto legislature from 1976 to 1978, the Interim and Regular Batasang Pambansa, which functioned as the unicameral legislature during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos from 1978 until its abolition ...
Also: Philippines: People: By occupation: Lawyers / Women by occupation: Women lawyers This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Filipino lawyers . It includes lawyers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Natividad Almeda-López (1914): [448] [449] First female judge in the Philippines (1934), as well as the first female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in the Philippines Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (1937): [ 450 ] [ 451 ] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1973).
International Alliance of Women – founded in 1904 to advocate suffrage; International Alliance for Women – founded 1980 for professional women; International Association of Women Police – (established 1915) network for women in law enforcement and criminal justice
Arlene Duran Brosas (born October 30, 1975) is a Filipina educator, child rights activist, and politician. She is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 19th Congress and was part of the 18th Congress under the Gabriela Women's Party-list group.