We are a collective of women rights advocates, activists, feminists, and indigenous women, putting our hearts, minds, and energies together to support and act in solidarity with the struggle of the indigenous women.
We believe that indigenous women are among the least heard but mostly affected by the increasing poverty, hunger, devastation of the environment, and depletion of natural resources. We are part of the struggles against all and different forms of discrimination, violence, and marginalization of indigenous women. We aspire for a nation of societies where women with multiple identities are able to exercise their rights and enjoy their freedoms from poverty, violence, powerlessness, and injustices. We work for transformative changes in indigenous women’s lives within social movements and peoples’ struggles; and towards indigenous women’s economic, political, social, and cultural empowerment. Our energies are devoted to amplifying their voices, recognizing and profiling their leaderships, providing platforms for their actions and advocacies, and linking solidarity work among other women, among peoples, and among societies.
Artwork by Shar Balagtas
Our Goal is to contribute to political, economic, cultural, and social empowerment of indigenous women through Our Ways of Working: Advocacy, Leadership Development, Economic Empowerment, and Movement Building.
The LILAK Logo
LILAK’s logo was designed by Boy Dominguez, a Mandaya artist, and a dear friend.
The logo of LILAK, like its name which is derived from Lila (the Tagalog word of purple), is colored purple.
Purple is central in LILAK’s identity, its work, and its values. It is the color of the feminist movement and was inspired by the novel, The Color Purple by Alen Walker.
While the color purple symbolizes feminism, red represents socialism and revolution, and yellow represents energy.
The image is of a woman at the center who has a fiery heart as she is full of energy and passion. She is deeply connected with other women and intimately connected with other peoples. Her fist is clenched, a sign of resistance and struggle. And her face points upward - defiant, forward-looking, strong and confident.
