RE: LeoThread 2025-05-13 16:37
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/1 It was a quiet Thursday in a small town outside Cebu.
I was chatting with a sari-sari store owner, she’s run her little shop for 20+ years.
Her hands were busy with packets and cans, but her voice... steady and grounded, said this:
“Did not finish high school, but I raised six children and paid off our land.”
No pride. Just truth. Just power.
#outreach #threadstorm #philippines
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Empowerment doesn’t always shout.
Sometimes, it shows up in everyday lives.
In the woman counting coins at a jeepney stop.
In the girl leading a coastal clean-up.
In quiet strength, in steady love.
Filipinas embody this resilience—tough, rooted, real.
No spotlight needed.
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Across the globe, it’s the same:
In Kenya, Achieng tutors village girls after farming.
In Colombia, a single mom runs a shop and battles algorithms.
In Sweden, a CEO leads meetings by day, reads bedtime stories by night.
Empowerment looks like a hand, a back, a spreadsheet, a lullaby.
And still so much of it goes unseen.
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But change is blooming.
Young Filipino women are not asking for space anymore.
They are taking it, coding, campaigning, founding, leading.
They aren’t waiting for proof of worth.
They are the proof.
Let’s stop doubting.
Let’s trust women.
Because the truth is: they’ve always been leading.
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https://inleo.io/@indiasierra/the-silent-strength-of-women-from-the-philippines-to-the-world-rm?referral=indiasierra