4 Philippine firms land in Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index Iris Gonzales – The Philippine Star January 28, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Four listed Philippine companies made it to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), which measures gender equality across big listed companies across the globe.
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by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla INQ There are more and more companies that talk about gender diversity, equality and inclusion these days, but not enough are warming up to nontraditional relationships and family structures when it comes to the provision of benefits to their workers.
by Bambang Susantono, Sania Nishtar (The Philippine Star), 6 Jun 2021 Even before the pandemic, women in Asia and the Pacific were already at clear disadvantage in the labor market. Their jobs were often low-skilled and low-paid. They worked the longest hours in the world due to the combination of both paid and unpaid work.
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By Ruben Torres, 7 May 2021, Manila Times THE second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day. On this day we send greetings and flowers to our mothers. It is also a day on which we reflect on the existential importance of mothers to the human species, to the economy and to the family. From the…
By: Kristine C. Francisco-Alcantara, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 Apr 2021 In 2017, on the 50th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean), policymakers, women business leaders, entrepreneurs, and international organizations gathered for the first Asean Women’s Business Conference in Manila and urged Asean leaders to recognize the importance of women’s economic empowerment as…
MANILA – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has come out with rules and procedures for the availment of maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, and other leave privileges for civil servants.
by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 1 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines slipped a notch in the global ranking on gender equality, highlighting the pandemic’s consequence on more Filipino women leaving the labor force.
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By Daxim L. Lucas, 23 Feb 2021 Almost half of senior leadership positions in mid-market businesses in the Philippines are now held by women, the highest proportion among the 29 large economies surveyed annually by global consultancy firm Grant Thornton.
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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 1 September 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Gender inequality is still rampant in the country, even in the farm sector as male farmer workers were paid more last year than their female counterparts.
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By Pauline Joy M. Gutierrez, BusinessMirror, 12 Jul 2020 “USA Today’s” Alia Dastagir said that while a white woman may be discriminated for her gender, she has “the advantage of race.” Dastagir added that not all women enjoy the same luxury, saying that “a black woman is disadvantaged by her gender and her race,” and…
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By Lydia Ruddy, Manila Times, 8 Jul 2020 IN Indonesia, heartbreaking stories about health care workers who died as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) started appearing in newspapers within weeks of the first diagnosed cases in the country. Doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers without appropriate personal protectic equipment (PPE) were…
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
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.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
