Disadvantaged Women

Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Depression, anxiety, isolation, bruises, broken bones and even death. No one should ever have to endure the brutality of domestic violence but it happens and sadly more frequently. Everyday there are 29 women who become victims and so many more are unaccounted for. Breaking the cycle of violence is possible…

MANILA, Philippines – Despite increased public awareness of laws protecting women’s rights, 30 Filipino women continue to suffer from domestic violence everyday, a non-government organization said yesterday.

More than 50 men from the Department of Social Welfare and Development -7 have pledged to fight violence against women and children after they were installed as members of Men Oppose to Violence Against Women Everywhere or MOVE-7. Their installation was made during the culminating program of the Women’s Month held at SM City-Cebu. Violence…

MANILA, Philippines – Government offices and private establishments may soon have “lactation stations” where mothers can breastfeed their babies or store their breast milk in refrigerated containers.

The term of Reynato Puno as Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines is coming to a close. Sill, true to his vision of expanding and upgrading the Filipino people’s access to justice, he led another summit on Friday, March 12—this time on family courts. Why a summit on family courts, one might ask.…

Violence against women remains an all-too common crime, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – Domestic violence is still “pervasive” in the Philippines despite the passage of a law that supposedly prohibits violence against women and children, the local chapter of a London-based human rights watchdog said yesterday.

yesterday that even old people or senior citizens up to 80 years old have abused children left under their care.

CEBU, Philippines – Implementation of Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 needs to be strengthened further in the Visayas.

Now that this matter of a proposed temporary marriage contract has somehow subsided in excited contemplation and spirited discussion, it might be but proper and just to look into the matter with more calm and prudence — in the light of on the ground concrete and practical realities.

BY the time this column comes out, the commotion stirred by yet another disclosure of a TV-actress/former presidential daughter about her marriage will have died down. The revelation was made on national television on Sunday. The following day, everyone from strangers sharing the same space in the elevator to bank tellers (while efficiently facilitating multiple…

Dear PAO, My boyfriend and I have been together for four years. My problem started early this year when my boyfriend was laid off from work. He started drinking and would beat me up when he’d come home drunk. I would like to know, when I finally have the courage, can I file a case…

MANILA, Philippines – One in 5 Filipino women aged under 50 have suffered physical abuse since the age of 15, according to a government survey released Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – The proposal of a women’s party-list group for a 10-year expiry on marriage has caused quite a stir, with various groups indicating their approval or disapproval of the proposal via the Internet and other media.

‘Marriage is null and void if not renewed’ MANILA, Philippines – Unsatisfied with your marriage? Then simply wait 10 years for your marriage to “expire.”

Six years is a long time for a bad president, Fidel Ramos famously said. What’s a long time for a bad spouse?

MANILA, Philippines – A party-list group advocating women empowerment clarified yesterday that it is marriage itself and not the marriage license that should be subject to expiration period because under prevailing laws, a marriage license is only good for 120 days while marriage itself is a lifetime commitment unless annulled by the courts.

MANILA, Philippines – A party-list group representing separated and abandoned women proposed yesterday the enactment of a law that will mandate a 10-year marriage validity to spare incompatible couples the expense of lengthy legal proceedings before their marriages are annulled.

CALIFORNIA, United States—The Christmas season is a time for sharing but not for an immigrant elderly couple in California. Having endured more than three decades of abuse from her husband, Rosa finally made a decision this Christmas to leave their conjugal home.

BUTUAN CITY , Philippines  – For allegedly calling his Filipina live-in-partner “prostitute, thief and a liar,” an American national was arrested by Surigao City police on Tuesday morning after complaints of violation of RA 9262 otherwise known as Anti-Violence law Against Women and Children was filed against the American.

MANILA, Philippines – On the observance of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women yesterday, women’s groups slammed the rape and killing of women in the Maguindanao carnage.

MANILA, Philippines—A new committee will be formed in the House of Representatives to provide extra attention to the welfare of women and to protect them from abuse and violence, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman disclosed Wednesday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The Philippine ranking in a survey that measures the gap between men and women fell for the first time in four years, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report released Wednesday. The Philippines ranked ninth with a score of 0.758 in the Switzerland-based group’s Global Gender Gap Index, which measures economic participation and opportunity,…

GENEVA, Switzerland — The Philippines ranked ninth in the top 10 ranking of countries where women face the least discrimination, the World Economic Forum said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Women’s rights advocates from Asia Pacific have pledged to initiate the fund raising is $1 billion to speed up the creation of an agency under the United Nations that is focused on the protection of women’s rights.

The faces of wars have changed. According to estimates, almost 90 percent of the casualties of the modern wars are civilians, the majority of whom are women and children, compared to a century ago when 90 percent of those who lost their lives were military personnel.

MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on the revision of laws has recommended the passage of a bill that seeks to replace the crimes of adultery (for women) and concubinage (for men) with the crime of marital infidelity that would apply equally to both sexes.

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the advancement in promoting and ensuring women’s rights in Asia, there are still other issues on gender equality that need to be addressed, a visiting official of the United Nations said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines—A National Women’s Summit with the theme “Women’s Self-Reliant Leadership in Times of Crisis” will be held at Miriam College on October 20-21 with the topics Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, the state of Human Rights in the Philippines, Gendered Responses to Governance and Corruption, as well as Violence Against Women high…

MANILA, Philippines–The Court of Appeals gave the green light for the prosecution of a Japanese national for sexually and physically molesting his Filipina live-in partner.