The strike was implemented by wives and girlfriends of gang members to get them to change their lifestyle and hand over their guns . A separatist rebellion has existed in the Mindanao region since the 1970s . UNHCR says women created a hunger strike to get men to stop fighting . The strike helped end clashes in July between villages on Mindanao Island .
A separatist rebellion has existed in the Mindanao region since the 1970s . UNHCR says women created a hunger strike to get men to stop fighting . The strike helped end clashes in July between villages on Mindanao Island .