According to the information received from the Urban Poor Associates (UPA), a HIC Member organization that advocates for housing rights, Maria Myrna Porcare, leader of Samahan ng Magkakapitbahay sa Pechayan (SAMASAPE) and her son, Jimyr Porcare, were shot dead by private security guards of Melecio Lavares, a person claiming to be owner of the contested property. Read the case and send an automated letter of solidarity by following this link: http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2009/3288/
Reconocimiento a la Dra. Ify Ofong por el Comité de ONG sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, NY
Nuestra Coalición felicita a la Dra. Ify Ofong, Guardiana de la Sabiduría de HIC, por el reconocimiento del Comité de ONGs sobre el Estatus de la Mujer, NY. En reconocimiento [...]