This issue comprises a special report on the International Ecumenical
Conference on the Philippines. The entire issue touches on the economic,
political and social issues pertinent to the Philippines. It includes reports
on the development of the Church, the problem of transnational corporations and
sweatshops, military presence and repression, political prisoners, and poverty
and the rights of landless labourers. It also touches on cultural issues, such
as the state of education and literacy rates, the displacement of ethnic
minorities, women’s rights, the state of the health sector, and media
censorship by the Marcos dictatorship. It concludes with CAWG’s summary
recommendations.
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