I am a feminist and social activist, a lawyer as well as an academic. I have worked with NGOs for the last ten years, first as an Environment Lawyer handling litigation for Legal and Natural Resources Center (Friends of the Earth-Philippines) and later as a feminist lawyer for both litigation and research programs at the Women's Legal Bureau,Inc. I was founding Executive Director of Women's Legal Education, Advocacy & Defense Foundation Inc. (WOMENLEAD) from 2000-2005 where I am now a Volunteer/Board Chairperson. I have been an independent consultant for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF-UK); the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Women and Gender Institute (WAGI), Women's Feature Service (WFS) as well as other women's organizations and NGOs working on Reproductive health. I have been teaching Feminist Legal Theory and Practice at the UP College of Law for the last five years and maintain a class resource website at: http://karolruiza.tripod.com/index.html

 

College of Law, University of the Philippines; Womenlead Foundation, Inc.