Discrimination

SEOUL – Discrimination against women hampers progress in alleviating world poverty and costs Asia-Pacific economies tens of billions of dollars a year, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.

When organizers ban from competing in road races foreign runners like the Kenyans who are believed to be far more superior to local runners simply because they are far more superior to local runners, that’s DISCRIMINATION.

(Last of two parts) The story of the war brides’ experiences is replete with accounts of abandonment, neglect and discrimination. Historian Caridad Concepcion Vallangca, in her book “The Second Wave: Pinay & Pinoy (1945-1960),” narrated the plight of some brides who did not make it to the United States as their GI (government issue) husbands…

Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to four Filipino employees who accused to hospital for discriminating against them for speaking Tagalog at the workplace.

SEOUL – Companies in Asia’s leading economies have “strikingly” few women in senior jobs, missing out on a vital pool of talent to fuel the region’s growth, consultancy firm McKinsey & Company said Sunday. In a survey covering 744 firms of 10 major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific, McKinsey said women on average account for…

This bit of data should jolt the female sector of our society, particularly those whose focus is on equal rights, equal opportunities for those who comprise approximately 51 percent of our country’s population: in its 96 years of existence, the Senate has had only 17 women who have graced its halls as elected senators. Rather…

MANILA, Philippines – Stigma and discrimination are major barriers to the treatment of drug dependence, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

MANILA, Philippines – The military will not discriminate against gays who seek to enter the service as long as they comply with the necessary requirements imposed on all applicants.

GALICIA was accompanied by her son when she accepted the Paccal award. CEBU CITY—When she first worked at a nursing home in Wayne, New Jersey, Evelyn Galicia had to contend with discrimination from her coworkers.

(CNN) — The streets of Manila can be an unforgiving place for the city’s taxi and public transport drivers. Chronic traffic jams and badly maintained roads are part of the daily grind but add in the possibility of floods during the annual typhoon season and a strong constitution is needed.

WASHINGTON — The Philippines is condemning D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry for remarks critical of local hospitals for hiring Filipino nurses instead of District of Columbia residents.

At the recent Miss Asia NYC; pageant for transgender women, contestant Priscilla To Wong Fu was asked: Why is prostitution prevalent among Asian transgender women? Flustered, but not totally unprepared, she replied, “We are known to be amiable and hardworking people, thank you!”

The Philippines briefed the United Nations on the gains the Philippines had achieved in upholding women’s rights, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said. DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman led the Philippine delegation in briefing the 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women from Feb. 27 to March 9 in New…

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill seeking an end to discrimination against women in the workplace.

Dear PAO, Our parents died in an accident last year. As the eldest child, I took over the responsibility of taking care of my two siblings aged 15 and 10. I am now providing for their daily needs from food to clothing as well as their school expenses. I work in a private company and…

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada lauded yesterday the approval on second reading of the bill that seeks to end job discrimination against women.

Inside this room are hundreds of rape kits that would likely find their way to the hospital’s medical waste a few years from now. But the boxes lie idle, subjected to heat and exposed to bugs and rats, their contents ignored and later disposed of without accomplishing their purpose.

Dear PAO, I would like to consult you on how I could compel the father of my son to give support to our son. We are not married but my son was acknowledged by his father. I already filed a complaint before the barangay and we had agreed that he would give monthly financial support…

Women have stronger money management skills than men in areas such as everyday financing and planning but struggle around more complex financial concepts, according to results of the latest MasterCard survey on Consumer Purchasing Priorities-Money Management.

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, Philippines – Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan is now pushing the City Council to enact a measure to protect and promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Angelenos.

Manila, Philippines – Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) activists have submitted to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland two scathing reports on the violations of the human rights of their community in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines — High percentages of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including those in the Philippines, had lost jobs or income in the last 12 months based on their HIV status, a new report by the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed.

WASHINGTON D.C. – The United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EOCC) said 4 Filipina nurses terminated last year by a Baltimore hospital for speaking Tagalog were victims of discrimination.

HATE crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgendered (LGBTs) is currently on the rise, a partylist lawmaker said over the weekend.

LESBIAN, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) communities in Baguio City slammed President Benigno Aquino III for his “poor leadership”. “We do not count on any of the promises made by Aquino particular to our sector, yet we still hold this administration accountable to the sins of commission and omission that resulted in the violations…

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Tuesday said that it will continue to prevent its homosexual jailguards from frisking inmates and visitors as it assures a gay rights group that there is no discrimination and it only wants to ensure the protection of both its personnel and the public.

COLLECTIVE bargaining is the process of negotiating a contract between an employer and a legitimate labor organization, which has been duly certified as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of all employees included in a specific collective bargaining unit. The history of collective bargaining in the Philippines indicates that, in spite of its weaknesses in…

NEARLY 80 foreign companies with offices in the Philippines have been tagged as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender- (LGBT) friendly in a database managed by a human resource development expert and gender rights advocate.

BAGUIO CITY ,Philippines – Christian groups led by the Catholic Charismatic Christian Movement believes that the same sex marriage controversy is a “grand design” by some sectors to push House Bill 1483 (Anti-Discrimination bill) filed by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro Casiño.

LESBIAN, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities are pushing for the immediate passage of House Bill 1483, or the Anti-Discrimination Bill.