Disadvantaged Women

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.

CEBU, Philippines – The Central Visayas Regional Development Council encourages all regional line agencies to put up breastfeeding facilities for the convenience of working lactating mothers.

MANILA, Philippines—Insisting on their religious and academic freedoms, Catholic educational institutions are seeking exemption from a provision in the new Magna Carta of Women banning the dismissal of unwed mothers from employment or school.

‘We project to people our own view of ourselves’ HERE ARE the views of prominent women about a man who beats up his wife, girlfriend or partner and how a battered woman can regain her self-esteem.

Victims of domestic violence, exploitation and abuse must not hesitate to run to the Women and Children Protection Desks (WCPD) that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has put up in all municipal police stations throughout the country, Interior Secretary Ronnie Puno told The Manila Times.

THE Magna Carta of Women (MCW) seeks to give protection to women from all forms of violence, including those committed by the State. The MCW commands local government units to establish a Violence Against Women Desk in every barangay to address cases of violence against women.

SPECIAL REPORT: WILL MCW BE ENFORCED? The recent alleged beating of Rachel Tiongson, former live-in partner of Deputy National Security Adviser Luis Chavit Singson, hammers home the gains and gaps in the newly enacted Magna Carta of Women (MCW). Feminists now ask: Will the state really use its legal powers and force to punish the…

Entitlement is a strong word. It is synonymous to privilege and prerogative. Entitlement is also a dangerous word. It is filled with pompous self-proclaimed right.

The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) has been enacted at last. It not only reinforces the existing laws’ command to the government, national and local, to physically protect women and girl-children, it also promotes the welfare of marginalized women and enumerates the rights that women have and the state must make sure no ones deprives…

MANILA, Philippines – It’s a bank, but it doesn’t make loans or pay interest on deposits.

AFTER we succeeded in convincing the government to set up Policewomen’s Desks in each precinct in 1994, our organization, Kalakasan, has been involved in organizing community-support mechanisms for victims of violence and abuse.

FOR MANY years, women NGOs (non-government organizations) lobbied for the passage of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW). It was their fervent wish that a permanent statute be enacted that would recognize the rights of women in nation building and ensure the substantive equality of men and women.

(AS HUNDREDS of women activists and advocates begin to draft proposals for the implementing rules of the recently signed Republic Act No. 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, Talk of the Town asked women leaders why the new law is an important achievement. The Magna Carta translates into law the spirit and letter of…

Secretary Ronnie Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has called on local chief executives to support the department’s training initiatives on the barangay human rights program, which seeks to empower vulnerable sectors like women and children in pursuing justice through heightened awareness about their basic rights and the country’s judicial…

Most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) thrive on a mean and lean organization. They do not want to have a bloated organization because they cannot afford that fixed manpower cost.

We’ve been talking about women’s issues for so long in this country one would think that significant strides have already been made in terms of putting in place the necessary legal framework that would guarantee the protection of women from discrimination. Unfortunately, we are a country that likes to talk endlessly about issues and show…

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo signed into law yesterday Republic Act 9710 banning discrimination against women, and recognizing and protecting their rights.

MANILA, Philippines — Following the signing into law of the Magna Carta of Women by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the Philippine National Police is set to meet with other stakeholders to draft the implementing rules to support the law, an official said on Friday.

Interior Secretary Ronnie Puno has called on victims of domestic violence, exploitation and child abuse to seek help by going directly to Women and Children Protection Desks (WCPD) that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has put up in all municipal police stations throughout the country.

Months after the hoopla at the Grammy Awards, the ensuing accusations, denial, and rumored reconciliation which was much fodder for the international media, Chris Brown, has finally come out to publicly apologize for beating his then girlfriend, Rihanna.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronnie Puno has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strengthen and expand its Women and Children Protection Desks (WCPDs) nationwide by forging partnerships with volunteer groups and by continuously training and familiarizing police officers on promoting the women’s and children’s rights.

THE proportion of seats held by women in parliament continues to rise slowly.

This entire week, I have been preoccupied with women’s health issues as media have focused on the health of national women leaders.

Avon, the company for women, once more showed its commitment to well-being of women by recently awarding the Women’s Crisis Center (WCC) with funds from its Speak Out Against Domestic Violence campaign. WCC is a non-stock, non-profit private institution that helps women survivors of domestiv violence.

One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half admitted having attacked more than one victim.

Social scientists tell us that battered women go through a cycle of violence that is divided into three main stages: a tension-building phase, an acute violence stage, and a repentance phase.

MANILA, Philippines—Like breast cancer, abuses against women in the Philippines are as rampant and as deadly if left undetected.

Whoever said that Filipino women do not suffer the same abuse as their counterparts in the Middle East, India and Africa must either be insensitive males or simply clueless.

Rosanna is a 40-year-old social development consultant who has been living with her boyfriend for the last 15 or so odd years. Rosanna shares the realities of living together as a happily unmarried couple.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap his wife if she spends lavishly on such things as clothing, a Saudi newspaper reported, drawing criticism from rights activists in the conservative kingdom.