There is a need to shift the blame, advocates say, away from the victim. To do this, Filipino society must bust the many gender-based myths on sexual abuse. by Fritzie Rodriguez, Rappler, April 25, 2015 MANILA, Philippines – End the culture of victim-blaming.
The Straits Times/Asia News Network, Nov 14, 2017 Samantha, 28, was shocked and speechless when her senior manager placed his hand on her buttocks one night when she was working late. She later found out that he had cornered another colleague to try to kiss her. He had also touched yet another colleague’s breasts, among…
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By Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), May 27, 2017 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines – A farmer faces criminal charges for allegedly pouring boiling water on his wife after she refused to give him money to buy liquor. Initial investigation showed the incident occurred when Ramil Datul Andres was in a drinking spree with his friends…
BY NELSON BADILLA, TMT, Manila Times, Feb 9, 2017 Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Thursday said abuse and exploitation of women in the country is “alarming.” Taguiwalo said the Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disclosed that a total of 2,797 women in especially difficult…
Dec. 15, 2016 – Victims of gender-based violence (GBV) are entitled to 10 days domestic violence leave with pay. Not many government agencies, unions and workers know this! Very understandable, considering that concerted government and private sector information campaigns on GBV do not exist. Predictably, 92% of those surveyed by ITUC AP and its affiliates…
By Al Jacinto, Abante, June 29, 2016 ZAMBOANGA CITY — Isang Chinese national ang inaresto ng pulisya matapos itong ireklamo ng isang 17-anyos na babae ng pangmomolestiya sa bayan ng Sindangan sa Zamboanga del Norte.
It is estimated that 1 in 3 women will experience gender-based violence in her lifetime. Most often at the hands of an intimate partner
by Wafa Issa, June 11, 2013 DUBAI // A housemaid died after being locked in a room where she was beaten and starved for almost two months, a court heard yesterday. Prosecutors told the Criminal Court that the incident leading to the death of Khadija Kamel was just one of a list of abuses against…
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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