Asking my sisters: Intergenerational voices of women from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mindanao
In this booklet female ex-combatants from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Bangsamoro Women's Auxiliary Brigade (MILF-BIWAB) and their daughters in Muslim Mindanao share their stories from the region’s post-conflict recovery process.
In this booklet female ex-combatants from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Bangsamoro Women's Auxiliary Brigade (MILF-BIWAB) and their daughters in Muslim Mindanao share their stories from the region’s post-conflict recovery process.
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“OUR SLIPPERS WERE<br />
ALWAYS PACKED”<br />
Life dur<strong>in</strong>g conflict is a life <strong>in</strong> constant<br />
fear and comes with both personal and<br />
collective sacrifices. Personal, family<br />
and community suffer<strong>in</strong>gs become a<br />
terrify<strong>in</strong>g part <strong>of</strong> everyday life, leav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
people with difficult decisions to<br />
make and pa<strong>in</strong>ful memories to curate.<br />
How does one raise children dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> midst <strong>of</strong> war? How do you endure<br />
hunger when bullets are be<strong>in</strong>g fired?<br />
And how can religion be practiced<br />
when your religion makes you a target?<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> height <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conflict,<br />
<strong>the</strong> obligations and duties as <strong>women</strong>,<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>rs, and MILF members had to<br />
be fulfilled at <strong>the</strong> same time.
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