Their goal was to use radical action to enact change in society. She went on trips to become exposed to the lives of peasants and striking workers. Through this experience, she gained even more understanding of revolutionary politics and her role in the movement. Student and activist organizations in the Philippines began to recognize the need for increased participation of women in the movement.
The protest brought together women from various youth orgs to rally against the commodification of women. Beauty pageants were and still are prominent in the Philippines because of these notions stemming from the colonial and male dominated view of the value of Filipina women.
Mercado states,. The group evolved to connect and intertwine the struggles of women to the larger national struggle. MAKIBAKA became one of the youth organizations that steadily denounced imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism as the main problems plaguing the Filipino masses. They argued that the semi-feudal nature of Philippine society was linked to the subjugation of women by men, and that the semi-colonial nature of Philippine society was linked to women being viewed as sexual objects.
She died in battle on March 24, Colonization forced upon gender roles which led to the belief that men are superior and women were inferior. As one of the first woman generals of her time, Agueda defied gender norms and proved herself as a warrior. There is no accurate record of what happened to Henerala after but her leadership and bravery were not forgotten. In , at 16 years old, she was taken by Japanese soldiers along with two comrades and was sent to a garrison where they were forced to be comfort women for nine months.
For almost 50 years, Lola Rosa kept silent about her experience and only told her mother and late husband who abandoned her and her three children. Lola Rosa inspired about women to come forward with their stories and to fight together for justice and reparations. Lola Rosa refused to be forgotten and for their stories to be erased and denied.
Lola Rosa and her story is a reminder that sharing our stories are powerful and acts of resistance. Until today, they continue to fight to protect their ancestral land against increased militarization, red-tagging, and the closing of Lumad schools. There she completed her elementary education and was a consistent honor student.
She excelled in various extra-curricular activities ranging from gymnastics to journalism. She graduated from high school with an honorable mention. When Barros entered University of the Philippines as an Anthropology major, she quickly immersed herself in writing, joining and later becoming an officer of the prestigious UP Writers' Club.
It was during the First Quarter Storm of the 70s, while Barros was still a graduating student of the university, when she was radicalized. She was one of the students who staged a protest during the commencement exercises that year. Her father, a fisherman, died when Lorie was four months old.
Poverty perplexed the young Lorie. She would ask her mother why there were rich and poor people. Mother and daughter often discussed this puzzle. Her mother would point to the blind beggars lining the church doors at Quiapo Church, which they visited regularly, and told Lorie how much luckier she was compared to them. Lorie was a bright student, earning honors from grade school through college.
She was a consistent scholar and graduated magna cum laude in She started writing poems when she was In high school, she edited her high school paper Advocate from to , and won a gold medal for creative writing. In college, she joined and later chaired the UP Writer's Club.
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