Internet and social networking sites in election campaigns: Gabriela Women’s Party in Philippines wins the 2007 elections

• Main Authors: Karan, Kavita, Gimeno, Jacques D. M., Tandoc, Edson, Jr.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Internet in political campaigns—Philippines; Political campaigns—Philippines; Gabriela Women's Party (Philippines); Communication Technology and New Media; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6354
• Institution: De La Salle University

The recent 2007 elections in the Philippines gave the Gabriela Women's Party (GWP) two seats, making it the first and only women's group in the country to attain such feat in the party list group contest. This achievement of the party, which evolved from a feminist movement called Gabriela...