Disadvantaged Women

ISLAMIC education is perceived by many, often in ignorance, as narrowly traditionalist and reactionary. What is ignored is that, over the past century, traditional Islamic schools have to respond to modernizing influences in many positive ways. This is shown in Indonesia where such changes are of enormous consequence. Indonesia is not only the world’s largest…

As the world awaits what happens in Libya and seeks diversion from gloomy predictions about the global economy, it preoccupies itself with the most recent development in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn saga. This week, prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office moved to drop rape charges against the former chief of the International Monetary Fund.

hen I first received the letter of “Furious Teacher” in my e-mail (published Aug. 14), what I wanted was to help a single, unwed, pregnant woman who I felt was being given a raw deal by her unenlightened superior.

MANILA, 1 August 2011-Intimate partner and sexual violence against women is a major public health problem. Many women suffer a wide range of physical, mental and reproductive health problems as a result of such violence. Moreover, a massive burden is placed on national economies due to increased expenditure on health care, law enforcement and lost…

What can drive a wife to such a gruesome act as cutting off her husband’s penis? In the news last week, 48-year old Catherine Kieu Becker reportedly drugged her husband’s food. And when he had lost consciousness, she tied him up to the bed and, with the use of a kitchen knife, proceeded to sever…

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Monday 13 June, on key issues including promoting gender equality, eliminating sex discrimination, protecting domestic workers, promoting social protection floors and combating gender-based violence at work.

CEBU, Philippines – Two teachers separately charged their husbands for violence against women before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office.

Dear PAO, I have a 14-year-old daughter but she was not recognized by her father. When the father learned that I was pregnant, he left me. My daughter never met her father.

MANILA, Philippines – Cases of domestic violence against women and their children saw an increase of 91% in 2010 compared to 2009 figures, according to the 2010 Annual Human Rights Report.

ILOILO, Apr 4 (PIA) – The Philippines is signatory to several conventions on gender and development (GAD) and women’s rights but mainstreaming this in local government units (LGUs) need to be strengthened.

Number of women holding top posts down, study says MANILA, Philippines-The recent global economic recession that felled financial giants across the globe has also affected the proportion of women holding key positions in senior management.

Dear PAO, I am an unwed pregnant woman. I found out that I am conceiving a child days after I broke up with my boyfriend. I wish to keep the baby without the pressure of marrying him. Being employed in a government agency, can I possibly be charged with immorality by the Civil Service Commission?

MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) informed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) that there has been a 40 percent increase in the number of annulment cases over the last 10 years.

Dear PAO, I am an unwed pregnant mother. I found out that I am conceiving a child days after I broke up with my boyfriend. I wish to keep the baby without the pressure of marrying my former boyfriend. If so, am I to be categorized as a solo parent? What are the benefits that…

THE number of Filipino women in senior management positions fell at its fastest pace for over seven years partly because of the economic crisis, according to Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR).

CEBU, Philippines – A number of policemen in the region were accused of economic abuse by their wives or live-in partners for their alleged failure to provide financial support.

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago branded as unconstitutional and discriminatory a bill seeking to ban women from working for at least 11 consecutive hours during the night.

This year’s Women’s Month is very significant because it includes the Centennial of International Women’s Day. With all the activities lined up I would like to highlight one difficult task heroically done by the Legal Alternatives for Women Center Inc. (LAW Center Inc) which is engaging the Local Government Units in women empowerment. Difficult because…

MANILA, Philippines (PNA) – Comprehensive health services provisions of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) were heightened during a forum of the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) in Quezon City Tuesday.

Just how much do women across Asia Pacific know about managing finances? MasterCard Worldwide’s inaugural Index of Financial Literacy released today highlights that women across Asia Pacific are financially savvy to some extent, in particular among the over 30, married, working group, but that the level of financial literacy in women can be raised further,…

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 8 (PIA) – The Magna Carta of Women, a landmark law of the Philippines that was passed in 2009 but was implemented in 2010, benefits even the Filipinas who are living abroad, Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 8 Director Olive Tiu said in a two hour radio program, Good Morning Philippines…

DEAR EMILY, How do you forgive a husband whom you have loved more than your life, idolized, respected, adored to high heavens? He journeyed through life with me for 35 years, vowed to love me through thick and thin, till death do us part.

February 17, 2011 – Two centers for human resources development in the province of Maguindanao funded by the Embassy of Japan under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) were inaugurated the past two days.

THERE was a reported decrease in Church-annulled marriages according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news.

MANILA, Philippines –  Looks are good but we need cash. This seems to be true for a majority of Filipino women who prefer to marry for money rather than looks, according to a survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released yesterday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Emphasizing that an empowered woman claims her rights as much as her obligations, various woman leaders urged Muslim women religious scholars (the aleemat) to assert their role on issues affecting Muslim communities in the Philippines.

Exploiting the poor and using them as an excuse to justify the adoption of some measures smacks of demagoguery. Yet this practice has been going on and seems to be accepted in every democratic society like ours because it appears harmless and tolerable. Sometimes, however, the proposed measures to be adopted or the steps to…

MANILA, Philippines – For couples desperate to find a way out of their troubled marriages, annulment is a trying and tedious legal process. Aside from being weighed down by the difficulty of proving the psychological incapacity of either spouse, they also have to incur many expenses: the cost of litigation, filing fees, and even the…

MANILA, Philippines – Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal (CBCP-NAMT) judicial vicar Archbishop Oscar Cruz yesterday said he believes that if House Bill 3952 titled “An Act Recognizing Spousal Violence, Infidelity and Abandonment as Presumptive Psychological Incapacity Constituting a Ground for the Annulment of Marriage” would be passed, the sanctity of marriage…

MANILA, Philippines – A militant party-list lawmaker filed yesterday a bill that would make the country’s annulment laws “accessible to the poor.”