“Babae, Babae…Bakit ka Gumagawa?”

Everyone is invited to our event entitled “Babae, Babae…Bakit ka Gumagawa?”. This is part of our event series Conversations Through Art. Be there on March 18, 2026 from 1pm to 5pm at the conference room of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, Magsaysay Avenue corner Ylanan Street, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

Register via https://tinyurl.com/CTAbabae

We will have a community-core afternoon filled with art exhibits; humanity-driven anik-aniks such as stickers, prints, pouches, and tote bags made with political prisoners which will be exhibited; and Asian artists talk-and-listens.

As for the discussions, the first one is entitled “In Search of a Road of Togetherness: Rethinking the Public in a World of Boundaries”. Independent cultural worker Yun Chen (51 Personae) from Shanghai and artist Lilin from Hong Kong will share their collaborative journey over the past few years, tracing how their work has moved between Shanghai and Hong Kong. They will also reflect on how they attempt to build empathy and connections outside institutional frameworks, and how they continue to support and inspire one another intellectually and politically.

The second talk is entitled “Babae, Babae…Bakit ka Gumagawa?” It features TkTk Feminist Printmakers and The O Home who will talk about their experience visiting the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) where they interacted with ten political prisoners who are part of the campaign Free Our Sisters, Free Our Selves. The political prisoners drew and wrote about their experiences. The artists say “Dito sa Babae, Babae…Bakit ka Gumagawa?, pag-uusapan natin ang mga mahirap sabihin na sasabihin pa rin at ang mga mahirap gawin na gagawin pa rin, kahit na may umaalingawngaw na – bakit?”

Source: UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies Facebook