Category: Women’s rights

Oxfam Pilipinas recently and partner organizations gathered at Eastwood City Mall in Quezon City to highlight the importance of addressing inequalities faced by women and...

Joblessness falls among both men and women. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reveals that “adult joblessness has been consistently higher among women than among...

Women would rather empower themselves than wait for opportunities to open their doors. My children were in college when I realized I wanted to get...

Statement of the World March of Women – Pilipinas International Women’s Day 2019: Celebrating Hard-won Victories; Affirming the Women’s Role in the Forefront of Women...

Take Back the Tech! leads several campaigns at various points in the year, but their biggest annual campaign takes place during 16 Days of Activism...

“No President–that means all presidents, including Mr. Duterte–should abuse power by placing women on the spot to agree or disagree to a sexual favor.“  Florin Hilbay —...

The #BabaeAko social media campaign to fight the sexist remarks and misogynistic behavior of President Duterte is gaining so much ground.  Tonyo Cruz said it...

May the celebration of International Women’s Day remind us that our work in advancing women’s rights is not yet done, and it will not be...

The role of women in Philippine media from the years before the EDSA people power revolt to the present  “Dal-a na. Ingna ang mga sundalo....

by Reuben James Barrete, as originally published in his Facebook account. In recent months, I collected some of the transcripts of the President’s speeches to...

The proposed bill titled “An Act Instituting Divorce and Absolute Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines”, substituted House Bills 116, 1062, 2380 and 6027  and...

  It had to happen in March which, ironically, is National Women’s Month. At a recent signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Metro...

The Oxford Dictionaries define misogyny as “dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women”. Sexual harassment, on the other hand, is defined as “unwelcome...

“You can’t marginalize more than half of the globe’s population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.” –...