WeDpro, Inc. A feminist collective working for women’s empowerment

The Malaya Lola is the organization of surviving victims of mass rape by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army in Pampanga, Philippines. Their harrowing experience happened as part of a planned attack in their barrio (village) on November 23, 1944. They are 61 old and sickly women. The rest of them, about a hundred women, have already died. None of them have seen justice.

The Song of Malaya is a music video of one of their songs. It was produced by WeDpro and Citrus Productions in cooperation with KAISA-KA, the Philippine Women's Network for Peace and Security, and the PETA Women's Theater Program. The video was launched on November 29, 2007.

External links (these will open in a new window)

• Read about the commemorative event for the 2008 International  Day
  of Protest by "Comfort Women" organized by KAISA-KA and WeDpro at Bahay ni ISIS, and listen to the Malaya Lola women sing during the event
• See the production photos for The Song of Malaya on Jona Cham's blog
• Read (and hopefully sign!) the Amnesty International petition for "comfort women"
• Read Tonette Orejas' article on the Philippine Daily Inquirer
• Read Reuters' account of the Malaya Lola and their partnership with WeDpro.
• Read the account of the Malaya Lolas performance for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
• Join the Facebook group