Photo Release
July 23, 2009

THEY WON'T BOYCOTT THIS "SONA": Sen. Pia S. Cayetano (left) and Rep. Risa Hontiveros Baraquiel (right) flank the character of "Goria Makasakal Arrovo," played by 21-year-old UP student and impersonator Norman Brito. More than just providing comic relief, the "State of the Nanays Address" highlighted grim issues facing Filipino women, including high maternal mortality rate in the country. Organized by the Reproductive Health Action Network and Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development, the event called on Congress to immediately pass the Reproductive Health Bill.

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