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This is a list of women artists who were born in the Philippines or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. These artists also explore issues within the Philippines as well as those experienced by the Filipino diaspora .
In the 2004 election for the House of Representatives the party-list received 464,586 votes (3.6518% of the nationwide vote) and won a seat for first nominee Liza Maza [11] [12] In the 2007 election, the party won two seats in the nationwide party-list vote. The Gabriela Women's Party was the only women's party to obtain a second term in Congress.
The 1994 pride march was organized by the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (Progay) on June 26 and was dubbed as Stonewall Manila as a 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1969 riots in Stonewall Inn in the United States. [1] It was alternatively known as the Pride Revolution. [2]
This is a list of women senators of the Philippines. It is a guide to identify the women in the Philippines who have served as senators in the Senate of the Philippines, as distinct from the existing whole list of Philippine senators. Since 1947, there have been 23 Filipino women senators in Philippine history.
Makabayan also includes organizations that are not political parties, including: Peasants: Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement in the Philippines, KMP), AMIHAN (National Federation of Peasant Women: Defend Peasant Women Portraits Series), UMA (Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura, Union of Agricultural Workers)
Akbayan is noted as a leading member of the progressive movement in the Philippines, [5] [1] having been formed in 1998 by a variety of progressive political organizations. There are approximately 100 thousand members of Akbayan, with a pool of voter interest ranging anywhere between 150 thousand to 1 million people (at most 2.5% of Philippine ...
There are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or ...
One quarter of women ever-married aged 15–49, reported having experienced at any point emotional, physical, and/or sexual violence from their spouse. [28] Of women who had experienced any form of physical or sexual violence, 30% of them sought help in response to that violence. [29] While pregnant, 4% of women aged 15–49 experienced ...