This picture was taken at a women's conference, the Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines 2007, that was held in Quezon City last July. Here, the women of my organization use the simple art form of face painting to convey a political message about all the struggles women all around the world face including poverty, sex trafficking, political repression, land reform, war, and violence. This photo has been on the front pages of several newspapers, on tv, and also August 5th's AOL's Photo of the Day.
These photos are of traditional Pilipino star lanterns called parols which my women's organization made last year for the annual Christmas lantern festival in San Francisco. We won 2nd place. Our lanterns featured a theme about women's rights and an end to political repression in the Philippines. The big star to the left bears our org's symbol and the smaller stars light up the faces of 10 women representing the almost 1000 political victims who were murdered by the Philippine government since 2001.
This 11 year old girl's murder was justified by government officials who accused her and her family of being a terrorists.
One of the women activists killed in the Philippines for opposing the current government.
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