Eufemia Cullamat was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 18th Congress under the Bayan Muna party-list group.
12 Facts About Eufemia Cullamat
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Eufemia Cullamat is the second Manobo to serve in Congress after former Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco.
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Eufemia Cullamat was chair of Lumad organization Kahugpungan sa Lumadnong Organisasyon sa Caraga.
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Eufemia Cullamat was born on August 13,1960 in Lianga, Surigao del Sur.
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Eufemia Cullamat is a member of the Manobo people from the mountains of Barangay Diatagon of Lianga.
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Eufemia Cullamat has been active in movements to fight for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Philippines since the 1980s.
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Eufemia Cullamat was a community development worker at the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur.
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Eufemia Cullamat helped found Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod in 1996 and served as one of its council members.
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Eufemia Cullamat authored or supported a number of bills and resolutions as a member of the 18th Congress.
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Eufemia Cullamat co-authored the anti-endo bill seeking to give security of employment to workers by ending the practice of endo or labor contractualization.
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Eufemia Cullamat is involved in the fight for the rights of national minorities and is active in Indigenous peoples organizations.
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Eufemia Cullamat has called for an end to mining and logging on ancestral lands, where Indigenous peoples are harassed and face displacement.