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The RH Law marks its 10th year – but there is unfinished business when it comes to promoting women’s rights and gender equality
The Reproductive Health Law [[https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/18730-rh-law-the-long-and-rough-road] marks the 10th year of its passage by Congress on December 17. (...)
We hardly talked about abortion when I was in medical school, but its reality could not be denied in our OB-GYN rotation, when women came to the emergency room, distraught and pale, with the complications of unsafe abortion practices, leading them to sepsis and, oftentimes, death. Alas, I have (...)
‘How much good can we do by empowering women with words and the color pink? What about the women who need a safe abortion, or the women who need to get out of a bad marriage?’
Gender has become a key aspect of Leni Robredo’s campaign and public personality. In news articles, “lone female (...)
Advocates called on the government to address the specific needs of women deprived of liberty.
UN Women with University of the Philippines Law Karapatan ng Komunidad sa Loob ng Selda (UP Law KAKOSA) launched a webinar on promoting equitable access to hygienic and gender-specific needs of (...)
On September 3, 2021, Vice President Leni Robredo stated in an interview with Rappler Philippines that she was in favor of same-sex unions but rejected decriminalizing abortion. “I have always been against abortion,” she said and added that health services and institutions should be strengthened (...)
On our discussion of the feminist struggles against authoritarianism in the Philippines, social movements have been coming together to discuss the context and also our strategies to face the extension of the Duterte dynasty in the upcoming elections. His daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, is now (...)
What happened to the Filipinas who migrated to Denmark to staff iconic new international hotels in the 1960s and 1970s? Why did the Philippine government encourage so many talented people to leave the country? How did Danes react to this influx of lively Southeast Asians? What was the impact on (...)
There is an active, strong and militant women’s movement in the Philippine. To a large degree the Philippines women’s movement is also an anti-capitalist movement, and it has had a significant political impact on the left, the labour movement and on politics in general.
There is an understanding (...)
Capire spoke with Myles Sanchez and Jean Enriquez of CATW-AP about sexual violence, war on drugs, and other struggles faced by philippines
In Bulacan, a province in the Central Luzón area in the Philippines, Myles Sanchez and other survivors have started a community-based programme, with the (...)
Capire spoke with Myles Sanchez and Jean Enriquez of CATW-AP about sexual violence, war on drugs, and other struggles faced by philippines.
Women of the WMW during protests on March 8th, 2020 in the Philippines
In Bulacan, a province in the Central Luzón area in the Philippines, Myles Sanchez (...)
How much do nurses in the Philippines earn?
The nature of health workers’ jobs is such that they are put at risk of contracting any disease, including the deadly COVID-19.
Despite low pay, 27-year-old Mae* chooses to stay in the profession to help save lives.
“The pay is never enough, dahil (...)
It is a testament to Karina Constantino David’s organizing savvy and political heft that a cross-section of “ka-women-an” (and brave soul Jose Deles) packed a seminar room at the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development on June 22 to mark the 40th day of her (...)
MANILA - It is disturbing and infuriating to hear President Rodrigo Duterte “brag” about attempting in his teen years to rape a housekeeper, women’s rights advocates said Sunday.
Duterte recounted in a speech how he confessed to a priest of the Catholic school he was attending, who would later (...)
Exclusive: new controversy as it emerges Philippine commission ruled in Aimee Santos’s favour
An Oxfam employee who was sexually assaulted by a colleague in the Philippines was “constructively dismissed” less than a year later, according to a labour commission decision seen by the Guardian. (...)
The Department of Health in the Philippines has said it will investigate the actions of four milk formula companies regarding the illegal and clandestine methods used to market products to mothers.
Officials in the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed they had called an emergency meeting and (...)
Struggles, advances, and challenges during 100 years of the women’s struggle.
Historical roots and evolution of the feminist movement
The dynamic women’s movement in the Philippines is the product of a long history of struggle and participation in various historical conjunctures. As a nation (...)
Philippine president makes quip before Filipino diplomats, the latest in a string of incidents critics call sexist.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made another joke about rape, condemning the crime while saying he would congratulate a rapist who could carry out his crime on an (...)
In a country where more than 65% of women don’t use contraceptives and terminating pregnancy is illegal, ‘torturous’ practices are often the only option.
Outside the gates of Manila’s Quiapo church, deals are being done. Bitter herbs and abortion medication are traded illegally.
Next to an (...)
‘If you had raped three, I will admit it, that’s on me’ Philippines president tells soldiers on Mindanao island where he has imposed martial law.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to reassure soldiers who might be accused of committing abuses under martial law and jokingly said (...)
Manila — For Philippine women’s organizations, the 2017 commemoration of International Women’s Day was a critical action by and on behalf of Filipino women. As the March 8 statement signed by more than 30 organizations, including Focus on the Global South, said, “Filipino women from across all (...)
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