INQUIRER.net: Filipinas Strike High Profile in SF One Billion Rising

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Filipinas Strike High Profile in SF One Billion Rising Feb 17th 2013, 02:23 SAN FRANCISCO—Filipino women struck a strong presence among more than a thousand Valentine's Day crowd of mostly women and girls of various ethnicities, who danced "flash-mob" style in front of City Hall to demand an end to violence against women.   The event held in 190 places around the world called for a billion women to walk away from their homes, businesses and jobs and dance in a show of collective strength against assaults on women and girls and for gender equality.   "When I was 22, I didn't know I could leave my abusive marriage," said Marily Mondejar, president of Filipina Women's Network (FWN), one of the organizers of the San Fran... Keep on reading: Filipinas Strike High Profile in SF One Billion Rising Media files: filipino-students-flash-mob-violence-againts-women.jpg (image/jpeg)

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