Woman! Are You Still There?

There was an experiment made from a neighborhood regarding domestic violence. I am not sure if it was in Africa and I was disappointed with the result. One man had set up a drum set inside his house. He then started to bang the drums real hard. You know what happened, just two minutes of playing the drums. Neighborhood started knocking his door. Telling him that he’s disturbing the neighborhood. On the second day of the experiment, he had some recorded domestic violence such as shouting to one another, throwing of stuff, crying and hearing the pain while the woman is physically abused. What happened? He played it for five minutes. There was not even a knock or a shout from the neighborhood was being heard. The lights from the other houses started to turn off. The recording went for 5 minutes. What am I trying to point out here is to be aware to whatever is happening not just on women but also be aware of what is happening around us. Please do care! 

I used this speech during the celebration of International Women's Month on March 8 for Women's Organization, Kaisa Ka.  I was late so I wasn't able to join the march but when they're doing the open speech campaign they called me. I panicked at first. I don't know what to say I asked one of the active org mate. She said that to tell them that you are thankful that they were able to join the celebration. I had my notebook with me and started to write after two minutes. She called out my name. More panic came because I wasn't able to make the speech. I started to give out my greetings and I can feel my lips and hands trembling while holding the mic. Thank goodness I was able to make a post in Tumblr about how women should be treated, by the way I represented the youth here in the city. It was great I've done the speech and my stand towards women's rights.

Anyway March 8 was a success except for the strong rain that came after the last march around 3pm. Women who joined the march are of different status and from different places. Women from working class such as vendors joined. Call center agent, students were also there  Men were also there to join the celebration. 

Woman is not yet truly free from the struggles she's trying to fight. She will keep on fighting. She wants everyone to be aware of what's happening to her. She wants to be heard. Please listen to her.

Happy International Women's Month everyone!