Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo doesn’t believe that politics by itself is bad, but she highlighted the need for the people to want to change “bad politics” because this could be a jump-off point for programs that will empower abused women and the indigenous community. Vice...
Photo from AFC National women’s football coach Alen Stajcic praised the resolve of his squad after completing a stunning 1-0 win over Thailand to begin the AFC Women’s Asian Cup campaign in India. Stajcic couldn’t be happier with the way the players responded, given the circumstances of how...
Photo from national women's football team Two returning members of the national women’s football team see a good chance of progressing past the group stage of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup which starts later this week in India. The Philippines needs to secure a top two finish or emerge as one of...
The law that seeks to ban child marriage in the Philippines was welcomed by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), saying that this can be a step towards protecting children against the adverse long-term physical, psychological, and emotional effects of child marriage. File Photo / Philippine...
A month before Vice President Leni Robredo embarks on one of the biggest challenges of her political career—the official campaign period for the 2022 presidential race— she looked back at the accomplishments of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in the past five-and-a-half years. Vice...
To speed up tracking, response, and processing of the reported cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in Quezon City, the local government launched the "QC VAW Centralized Databank System" on Monday, Dec. 13. Mayor Joy Belmonte, along with the QC Gender and Development (GAD) Council,...
Voting 22-0, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expands the social protection, benefits and programs for solo parents. The salient features of the proposed Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act or Senate Bill No. 1411 includes a monthly cash subsidy of...
The Ultraboost 22 manifests Adidas’ commitment to its running community of women FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN The all new Adidas Ultraboost 22, created by our all women team, has been tailored to the female foot by leveraging female foot-specific insights Adidas Running has recently unveiled the...
The 911 emergency hotline is now catering to emergencies related to gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women and children (VAWC). (Unsplash) The Department of Justice, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and Department of the Interior and Local Government on Tuesday, Dec. 7,...
A bill granting married women the rightto retain their maiden names instead of adopting surnames of their husbands has been approved by the House of Representatives.
HOR plenary pandemic With 227 members voting in the affirmative, House Bill 10459 was passed on third and final reading. There...
Over 100 feminists, women workers, and grassroot women from Asia and the Pacific called for safe and just workplaces for women amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and worsening work conditions across the globe. (Unsplash) The International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 190 (C190) and its...
Groups demanded an end to violence against women amid reports of increasing rates of gender-based abuse. (Photo from GABRIELA Youth) In a statement, the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) stressed the need for women's empowerment to "achieve social justice and social progress." "For so long, women...
