You’ve most likely come across photos of celebrities in black-and-white filter over the weekend, accompanied with the hashtag #NoToGenderViolence (GBV), a reminder how even as the world battles a pandemic, old threats remain. In the Philippines, one out four married women have experienced abuse...
Former Miss Universe 1999 1st runner-up Miriam Quimbao and Bb. Pilipinas 2020 candidate Patrizia Garcia are joining the fight against gender-based violence. “Gender-based violence is not and will never be acceptable,” said Patrizia, during a webinar called FamiLIGTASPH which aims to educate...
Over 12,000 acres in California forest burned within a span of three days and still ongoing California residents within the El Dorado park were asked to evacuate on Sept. 5, Saturday, due to the fast rate of a forest fire. Updates have been posted in the California Fire San Bernardino Unit’s...
Assunta de Rossi (Instagram) It's a girl for actress Assunta de Rossi, who expects to welcome her first child months from now. She shared on Instagram that the baby's name will be "Fiore," also Assunta's nickname that's Italian for flower. "Still less than 2 weeks before I enter my 3rd trimester....
This is to help women and children fight this ‘shadow pandemic’ Data has shown that since there has been a spike in gender-based violence among women and children since the community quarantine started. In a report to Congress , President Rodrigo Duterte said that since the lockdown...