Osang of Tandag, Surigao, a Subanen women leader, and Cheryl Ananayo Pugu-on of Brgy. Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, were victims of violence as they defended their rights and their communities’ rights against the atrocities being cast upon them by mining companies, and openly opposed mining operations. Osang, a Mamanwa woman who was a community leader, was almost killed by her husband in her sleep, because her husband was suspecting her of having an affair as she did not have enough time to attend to him and their family. 32 A Subanen woman leader, on plenty of instances, received text messages which were bent on threatening her sexually due to her active participation in the community opposition against mining33. Cheryl Ananayo Pugu-on, was the daughter of an active community woman leader opposing the Oceania Gold mining in their area. Cheryl, who seemed to have been caught in a land dispute, have been shot dead, inside a vehicle, with her infant on her lap. Her 4 year old daughter who was sitting behind the vehicle, witnessed the killing. Manolita Galvez of Zamboanga del Norte and the Bla’an women of Tampakan,, South Cotabato, also became victims to violence perpetrated by mining companies in their quest to take their lands and homes away from them. Manolita and her family were hauled out from her home. The garden where she grew vegetables for food for her family was bulldozed by TVI. This forced her, along with the other families, to leave and move around Mindanao, searching for new homes and livelihood34. The Bla’an women and their children were always the first ones to be victimized or killed during military operations against their community which declared “flague” or war against the mining company and any members of the government security forces. With such responses from the community as well as their families, the right of women to actively participate in matters of interest to her own and her community is suppressed, as she is being made to choose between complying with the standards society is subjecting her to as a woman, mother, and wife, and exercising her capacity to push for her rights and the rights of her community. Interview by Judith A. Pasimio, name withheld for security reasons, Butuan, May 28, 2015, in Judith A. Pasimio, “Policy Study on Women Human Rights and the Mining Industry in the Philippines,” (LILAK Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights) 33 Personal sharing with Judith A. Pasimio, throughout the year of 2012, in Judith A. Pasimio, “Policy Study on Women Human Rights and the Mining Industry in the Philippines,” (LILAK Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights) 34 Judith A. Pasimio’s interview with Manolita Galvez, April 2007, Dipolog City, in Judith A. Pasimio, “Policy Study on Women Human Rights and the Mining Industry in the Philippines,” (LILAK Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights) 32 9