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Forbes magazine's 100 Most Powerful Woman in the World (from 2004 to 2009) – she ranked 4th in the 2005 list [156] Member, Council of Women World Leaders [ 157 ] Don Quijote International Award (category: mejor labor institucional – Best institutional work) from Spain's King Juan Carlos (April 15, 2010) [ 158 ] [ 159 ]
Women in the Philippines (Filipino: Kababaihan sa Pilipinas) may also be known as Filipina or Filipino women. Their role includes the context of Filipino culture , standards, and mindsets. The Philippines is described [ by whom? ] to be a nation of strong women, who directly and indirectly run the family unit, businesses, and government agencies.
Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago GCS QSC (née Palma Defensor; June 15, 1945 – September 29, 2016) was a Filipino scholar, academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative.
Daisy Avance-Fuentes was the first woman to become Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, from 1998 to 2001. Bella Angara was the first woman to become House Majority Leader, from 2000 to 2001. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was the first woman to become Speaker of the House, from 2018 to 2019.
In the women's 53 kg in the 2018 Asian Games, Diaz had a total lift of 207 kg, beating Turkmenistan's Kristina Shermetova (206 kg) and Thailand's Surodchana Khambao (201 kg) to deliver the Philippines' first gold in the 2018 games, [44] [46] as well as being the first Filipino weightlifter of any gender to win a gold medal in the Asian Games.
Loren Legarda is the first Filipino woman senator to top the Senate race twice in 1998 and 2007. She also became the first Filipino woman to become Majority Floor Leader of the Senate. She was also the youngest senator during the 11th Congress. Pia Cayetano is the youngest woman elected senator in Philippine history at the age of 38. She was ...
Carmen Planas – known as "Manila's Darling", was the first woman to be elected to any public offices in the Philippines when she was elected councilor of Manila by general suffrage in 1934. She would later serve as the capital city's Vice Mayor from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1951.
Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate end Term length Carmen Crisologo [1] Ilocos Sur: 1964 1971 7 years Elizabeth Marcos-Keon [2] Ilocos Norte: 30 December 1971: 23 March 1983: 11 years, 83 days Anita Lorenzana [1] Ilocos Sur: 1987 1988 1 year Imee Marcos [3] Ilocos Norte 30 June 2010: 30 June 2019: 9 years, 0 days Raphaelle Ortega ...