For the love of the beautiful game and spending on her own, former national player Miriam Merlin endured a taxing 23-hour plane journey just to show her support for the Filipinas making their debut in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. *Merlin with her former Las Salle-Lipa player Kathleen de Torres.*...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- FIFA president Gianni Infantino urged fans to "seize the moment" on Wednesday, July 19, and snap up Women's World Cup tickets, with the opening match yet to sell out on the eve of the tournament. *FIFA president Gianni Infantino. (AFP)* There have long been concerns about sales in...
History is about to unfold as the Philippine Women's National Football Team make their much-awaited debut at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and Cignal TV is all set to deliver the action via its newest sports app Pilipinas Live which launched last June. *Philippine Women's Football team.* As...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- Staging the Women's World Cup will "wake up" New Zealand's passion for football, the co-hosts' coach Jitka Klimkova said on Wednesday's eve of the tournament. Football remains well behind rugby, cricket and other sports in popularity in New Zealand, which is jointly hosting the...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) strongly condemned all acts of commodification and sought to influence development efforts for gender equality and empowerment of women and girls for decades. (Photo from PCW/Facebook) In light of the controversy involving another government agency...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- The first 32-team Women's World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, July 20, with the United States favorites to win an unprecedented third consecutive title in a landmark month for women's football. It has been a rapid expansion for a tournament that started in...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States women's national team, which launches its bid for a third consecutive Women's World Cup crown next week, will play host to South Africa once it returns home. The US Soccer Federation announced on Friday, July 14, that the American women will play their first...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) has signed an agreement with the Bicol Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) to sustain the promotion of gender equality and localize the Magna Carta of Women in the region. (Photo courtesy of PCW) The one-year agreement, which was signed on June...
Filipino football fans around the globe could barely contain their excitement with the FIFA Women’s World Cup just around the corner. For the first time ever, the country’s flag and colors are set to make an appearance on the grandest stage of the world’s biggest sport, represented by Summit...
The Philippines has the widest Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) gender gap in the Asia Pacific region with women comprising only 36 percent in the STEM workforce, according to new data from LinkedIn. The LinkedIn data showed that women account for majority of 58.8 percent of...
The Philippines maintains its position as the leading Asian country in closing the gender gap, according to the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) Report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). (Photo courtesy of PCW/Facebook) The Philippines has reached 79.1-percent gender parity, and is now...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) urged to advocate the enactment of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality Act (SOGIE) to protect people from different types of discrimination in private and public institutions. In a statement, PCW acknowledged that the lack of a...
