Petra Macliing

Petra Macliing is a Filipino anti-Chico dam activist, hailing from Bontoc, Mountain Province and best known as "Mother Petra". As a member of the Mainit tribe of Bontoc,[1] she joined the indigenous peoples of Bontoc and Kalinga in the fight to protect their "ili" (home village) against a World Bank funded dam project in the Philippines.[2] She is a founding member of Cordillera People's Alliance and leader of the Montañosa Women's Federation. She is also a member of the Kalinga-Bontoc Peace Pact Holders Association (KBPPHA) and the Cordillera Elders Alliance (CEA). She founded Mainit Ub-ubfo and the Maiinit Irrigators Association.[3]

Personal life

Macliing was widowed at a young age, resulting in her having to raise eight children by herself. Macliing had seven daughters and one son, but her son passed away at a young age.[4] To support her family, Macliing worked as a farmer, sold saris and managing to send all of her daughters to college. Her youngest daughter, lawyer Francesca Macliing-Claver, recounted that she was only 3 months old when her father passed away. “My mother was the only parent I have ever known,” said Francesca.[4]

Awards And Recognition

• 2009 Laureate of the Women's World Summit Foundation's (WSSF) Prize for Rural Women for the year 2009 [5][2]
• Gawad Tanggol Karapatan in 2008[6]

References

1. "Bontoc woman is a human rights icon". VERA Files. March 30, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
2. Nordis
3. "Welcome to WWSF - Bienvenue sur le site FSMF".
4. Quitasol, Kimberlie (June 2018). "Remembering Mother Petra, Bontoc warrior". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
5. "Mother Petra Macliing receives international award". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
6. "25 September 2008, Philippines - CELEBRATING WOMen's COURAGE AMIDST TERROR AND FASCISM by Innabuyog". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-05-09.