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As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the rights and welfare of women and female children and youth, including their education, employment and working conditions, and their role in nation building, and all concerns relating to gender equality.
The Philippines has one of the smallest rates of gender disparity in the world. In the Global Gender Gap Index 2017, the Philippines ranked 10th out of 145 countries for gender equality. [2] The Philippines ranks higher than any other Asia-Pacific country but New Zealand. [3]
Gender inequality is a result of the persistent discrimination of one group of people based upon gender and it manifests itself differently according to race, culture, politics, country, and economic situation. While gender discrimination happens to both men and women in individual situations, discrimination against women is more common.
Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce. Since a man needed to pay a dowry to the woman's family, she was required to give it back should she be found at fault. If the man was at fault, he then lost the right to get back his dowry. In the Philippines, society valued offspring regardless of gender.
The Philippine Commission on Women (formerly the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women), is a government agency run by the government of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and protecting the rights of the Women in the Philippines. It was established on January 7, 1975, through Presidential Decree No. 633.
The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE, / ˈ s oʊ dʒ iː / Tagalog:) Equality Bill, also known as the Anti-Discrimination Bill (ADB), [1] [2] is a series of House and Senate bills that were introduced in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Congress of the Philippines, which aims to set into law measures to prevent various economic and public accommodation-related acts of ...
No national law in the Philippines criminalizes cross-gender behavior. However, cross-dressers and transgender people may be excluded from some private and public spaces, oftentimes with little or no legal consequences. The Philippines has several accounts of gender diverse people being refused entry and service by establishments. [63]
In a speech made at the Cavite State University which he brands as the "true State of the Nation Address", Vice President Jejomar Binay elaborated what he thinks the problems the Aquino administration did not address which includes the poverty, unemployment, issues at the MRT, and how certain disasters and incidents are dealt and managed specifically the 2010 Manila hostage crisis, Typhoon ...