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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. In the ongoing 19th Congress, there are 7 incumbent female senators.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Members of the Senate of the Philippines. It includes Members of the Senate of the Philippines that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
An important legislation that she co-authored with Senator Raul Roco was Republic Act No. 7192 or the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act of 1992. [2] The Act outlawed discrimination against women, opened the doors of the Philippine Military Academy to women, and mandated that a substantial portion of government funds at all levels be ...
It is a guide to identify the women in the Philippines who have served as members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and its related versions. The list is chronologically grouped according to the convocation of the Philippine Congress in which members were elected.
These are the members of the 15th Congress of the Philippines.The 15th Congress convened on July 26, 2010, and adjourned on June 6, 2013. Senators elected on the 2007 Senate election and senators elected on the 2010 Senate election comprise the Senate while representatives elected on the 2010 House of Representatives election comprise the House of Representatives.
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During the 19th Congress, she became part of the two-member Senate minority bloc alongside Koko Pimentel, who was elected as Minority Floor Leader. [121] On August 3, 2022, Pimentel named her as Senate Deputy Minority Leader. [122] Hontiveros chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality. [123]