MPW is a network of seven peace networks in Mindanao.
We, members of Women Engaged in Action on 1325 (United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325), a national network of women in human rights, women, and peace organizations, express our unequivocal rejection of war and military solution to the crisis arising from the October 18 tragedy in Al-barka, Basilan. Roughly 30,000 civilians from affected communities in [...]
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A prompt response to the encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan by means of the established mechanisms of the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) – such as the Joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (JCCCH) – is a critical measure of the strength of mind of the leadership of the GPH and the MILF to hasten the realization of a political settlement of the armed conflict in Mindanao.
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The Mindanao Peaceweavers welcome the historic meeting last night between President Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Al Haj Murad.
This augurs well for peace in Mindanao. We hope that this unprecedented meeting will lead to an unprecedented agreement and not only an unprecedented peace, but justice and progress as well in our beloved Mindanao.
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We may be at the cusp of history today. After almost five (5) months of bated waiting under this new administration, the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will finally resume today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We commend both panels for having settled earlier declared [...]
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