The women of Tawid Sapa, a slum in Novaliches, in the outskirts of Metro Manila, dreaded Sabado (Saturday) Night, the one night when their husbands, mostly construction workers, return home from job sites in the city and nearby provinces where they spend the rest of the week. The homecoming begins with a few rounds of gin at the neighborhood store. When the drinking ends, the beating begins. "No More Sabado Nights" tells the story of how the women of tawid Sapa organized themselves against wife-beating, set up a refuge for battered women, and even got the government to install electric lines and dig deep wells in their community. |
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