In Progress

Despite all the discourses on the matter, ultimately, spirituality is something very personal. And for women activists only too conscious of the reality of a patriarchal, unjust society that they spend 24 hours a day trying to change, can they continue fighting for gender and social justice, be effective, and at the same time be spiritual? Luz Maria Martinez oflsis International spoke to Aida Santos, one of the leading feminists in the Philippines. Aida is director of Women's Education, Development, Productivity and Research Organization (WEDPRO), an organization that tackles women's issues, a poet, a writer and a mother to two grown children. She shares her thoughts on spirituality, feminism and activism, on the tensions that inevitably arise when she tries to make the tangible and intangible connect.