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In recent years, the Filipino government has addressed the rights of women under a multitude of legislative schemes including workplace discrimination, domestic violence, sexual harassment and human trafficking. [1] The Philippines has one of the smallest rates of gender disparity in the world. In the Global Gender Gap Index 2017, the ...
The term "violence against women" is "the word or concept (that) has been used in a broad, inclusive manner to encompass verbal abuse, intimidation, physical harassment, homicide, sexual assault, and rape ." [1] This form of violence is gender-biased. Violence occurs precisely because of their gender, specifically because the victims are women.
Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. Prior to colonization, both men and women could get a divorce for the following reasons: failure to meet family obligations, childlessness, and infidelity. Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce.
A plebiscite was held in the Philippines on April 30, 1937, to decide whether or not women could vote. Multiple women's movements started in 1910, which led to the plebiscite in 1937, where women voted for or against women's suffrage rights. Filipino women worked hard to mobilize and fight for women's suffrage in the early 1900s and gained ...
The Philippine Commission on Women (formerly the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women ), is a government agency run by the government of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and protecting the rights of the Women in the Philippines. It was established on January 7, 1975, through Presidential Decree No. 633.
Nelia Sancho (August 30, 1951 - September 1, 2022) was a Filipino women’s rights activist and beauty queen. She was one of the co-founders of the Gabriela Women's Party. [1] [2] Sancho grew up in Aklan. While studying at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Sancho joined Binibining Pilipinas 1969, finishing first runner-up, losing out ...
Spouse (s) Antonio Escoda, Sr. Josefa Madamba Llanes Escoda (born Josefa Llanes y Madamba; 20 September 1898 – 6 January 1945) was a Filipino civic leader, social worker, World War II heroine, and suffragette. She is most known for campaigning for women's suffrage and as a founder [1] of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines .
Abortion incidence. A 1997 study estimated that, despite legal restrictions, in 1994 there were 400,000 abortions performed illegally in the Philippines and 80,000 hospitalizations of women for abortion-related complications; [3] It was reported in 2005 that official estimates then ranged from 400,000 to 500,000 and rising, and that the World ...