An estimate of 750,000 marchers, mostly women, in Los Angeles City in California attended a rally on Saturday to drum up the call for equality and protection of women's rights a day after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. (Photos by Omar Bantayan)
Peace panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign the supplemental guidelines of the Joint Monitoring Committee on Saturday, Jan. 21 in Rome, Italy. This is the first agreement signed by both Parties in the third round of talks. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Members of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiating panel (left) and members of the Philippine government peace panel begin discussing the substantive agenda on the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms on the second day of the peace talks in Rome, Italy Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. This is the third round of GRP-NDFP peace talks facilitated by the Royal Norwegian Government. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Senator Pia Cayetano invites women and young girls to join the Bike for Hope from Davao City to Tagum City on January 20-22 in a press conference on Friday, Jan.20, 2017 in Davao City. (Jaycel Villacorte davaotoday.com)
In line with the recently opened talks on socio-economic reforms between the government and the National Democratic Front, Universidad Nacional de Colombia researcher Francisco Gutierrez Sanin said implementation of reforms that would be agreed by both parties cannot be done without social movement?.