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The experiences of women farmers and indigenous women illustrate the intersection of economic exploitation and gender inequality in rural areas.
Grassroots organizing, collective action, and advocacy remain crucial in addressing structural inequalities that shape women’s labor conditions.
“Gabriela aimed to apprise the UN and the international community of the grim economic and human rights crises in the country, that ‘disproportionately impact women.’ In turn, these shall serve as strong bases for UN CEDAW's evaluation of and subsequent recommendations to the Philippine government."
The Center for Women’s Resources highlighted that economically-insecure Filipino women have increased from 16 million in 2019 to an estimated number of 19.54 million in 2020.
The recent incident of rape involving a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is enraging. But what is even more infuriating is the admission of PO1 Eduardo Valencia when he was presented to PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde. To quote, “Sir, may...
“The concerns of women are still the same.”
The study discusses different forms of militarism, the reasons behind it and its effects in women.
“Ninety percent of the housing needs for 2012 to 2030 are on the lower-end cost, meaning it should be economic, socialized, and subsidized. More than 1.45 million housing units need to be state-subsidized for families who cannot afford the high cost of units being...
“Empowering women means providing them economic opportunities: by creating regular, reliable, and respectable jobs, as well as by giving decent living wages.”
Poor families developed terms to cope with the hunger such as memorize or imagine, practice, peking duck, altanghap and piso-piso.
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The militant group Bayan rejected calls from government to give emergency powers to President Arroyo but recognizes the need for the government to control the prices of commodities. This call was echoed by the women’s group GABRIELA who called the current situation...
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