University of the people

Sofia Aliño Logarta 04/18/2018

Dr. Francisco Nemenzo, Jr. has been a known nationalist. In relation to this he has been an effective advocate of democratized access to education. The University of the Philippines had been criticized as elitist; they said that…

Transitions

Sofia Aliño Logarta 04/11/2018

Life is the fulfillment of a youthful dream. Keep a dream in your heart and make this into a wonderful reality.” The quote from Pope John XXIII was printed on the cover of my graduation yearbook. In…

Capturing the woman experience

Sofia Aliño Logarta 04/04/2018

The LAW Center. Inc. program, Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an recently featured Des Balota and Malou Alorro of Women in the Literary Arts (WILA). Aiming to contribute to the flourishing of Cebuano culture, it gathers female writers and…

Letting go, letting God

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/28/2018

For a third time I have attended the Redemptorist Lenten Recollection; and I have always found many fresh and moving points for the rest of the week on the way to Easter. This year Rev. Fr. Victorino…

The sorrows

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/21/2018

On Tuesdays and Fridays I pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary using my cellphone or the computer. I have to confess that at first I got carried away by the visuals. In the flight to Egypt, I checked…

Mother Ignacia, Mother Marie Louise and Marie Belen

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/14/2018

In this time when there is focus on those in the consecrated life, let us recall religious women who had a heart for females. Philippine History books cite Mother Ignacia Del Espiritu Santo who set up a…

Gender in the curriculum

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/07/2018

Gender is integrated into the K to 12 curriculum. Several modules deal with the topic in Contemporary Issues, Araling Panlipunan for Grade 10. Earlier educational researchers stressed that it is important for gender to be integrated to…

About the Ritazo Tingub Women Workers Association

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/28/2018

As we enter Women’s Month we celebrate the successful efforts of women as they work for economic empowerment. Every time I encountered them — in front of SM City, at the gate of Queen City Gardens on…

Protecting the young

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/21/2018

Dr. Madrileña de la Cerna declared in her column last Sunday: “(Shoot them in the vagina, so that…), I could not believe when I read about the incident because it was uttered by the head of state…

In CDN, since the beginning

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/14/2018

It must have been the desire to make sure that females had a voice in CDN that the Legal Alternatives for Women (LAW) Center, Inc. was invited to be part of the paper. In turn Madz was…

Learning about gender and women’s concerns

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/07/2018

In attempting to guide grade 10 students in learning about women’s issues in Contemporary Issues Class, I was fortunate to have the January 2017 special issue on “The Shifting Landscape of Gender.” In discussing gender gaps, it…

Reminders

Sofia Aliño Logarta 01/31/2018

Legal Alternatives for Women Center, Inc. through its program, Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an aired by CCTN connected us with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) through the guesting of its present chairperson, Dr. Rhodora Masilang-Bucoy. The sharing…

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