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Solace is Pisay’s Women Empowerment and Sexual Harassment Intervention Committee, which is a student organization that aims to create safe spaces for women and sexual harrassment survivors where they can feel recognized, heard, and empowered by spreading awareness on issues such as sexism and sexual harassment. They do this through information campaigns, seminars, and in general promoting feminism and raising awareness on issues that minorities face in Pisay, such as gender-based violence.

Solace launched in early 2022, founded by PSHS-MC Batch 2023 student Julia Martinez, as a committee focused on making sure that women and survivors of sexual harassment have a safe space for their voice to be heard. They not only aimed to create safe spaces, but also to protect them. Overall, their mission was to make Pisay’s culture more open to expressing themselves without fear of judgment or discrimination.

Over the course of 2022 they have held information campaigns on discrimination of women in school and other professional environments, martial law, and especially violence against women. They have also had talks or webinars with other advocates and activists on women’s issues, where the Pisay community was duly invited to listen and discuss.