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  2. Women in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In the precolonial era of the Philippines there are numerous women are entitled as a Hara and Dayang, the female presence in the Noble caste are prominent in the kinship system in the Philippine societies, here are the examples of notable Queens in the Philippine history: Dayang Buka (C.900 CE) Known in LCI.

  3. Women and government in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Women and government in the Philippines describes the trend on how women in the Philippines participate in the politics and governance of the Republic of the Philippines throughout its history. There had been a gradual increase in the number of Filipino women participating in Philippine politics, both at the local and national level. [1]

  4. Women's rights in Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has many constitutional and legislative protections for women; particularly in the area of violence against women. Some of these include or are included in; The 1987 Philippine Constitution in article II, section 14 maintains that the State, "recognizes the role of women in nation building and shall ensure the fundamental ...

  5. 1937 Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite - Wikipedia

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    Multiple women's movements started in 1910, which led to the plebiscite in 1937, where women voted for or against women's suffrage rights. Filipino women worked hard to mobilize and fight for women's suffrage in the early 1900s and gained victory after 447,725 out of 500,000 votes affirmed women's right to vote. [2]

  6. Category:History of women in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Women's universities and colleges in the Philippines (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "History of women in the Philippines" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

  7. Josefa Llanes Escoda - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution stated that women would be allowed the right of suffrage if a plebiscite held within two years after the ratification of the Constitution results in the affirmative vote of at least 300,000 women. [20] [21] The NFWC conducted social work across the Philippines to convince Filipino women to vote for the affirmative.

  8. List of ancient Philippine consorts - Wikipedia

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    This term has been legally used for some Muslim women monarchs and sultan's consorts. Nevertheless, westerners have used the title to refer to Muslim women monarchs specially in the southern part of the Philippines, which is in the Islamic influence (like Sulu and Maguindanao), sultan's women relatives who don't hold this title officially.

  9. Mga Kababayang Dalaga ng Malolos - Wikipedia

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    With the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, the social construction of women in the Philippines was soon influenced by historical Spanish Catholic gender norms. [1] [2] American historian Edward Gaylord Bourne wrote in his 1902 introduction to The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 that the imposition of Christianity "elevated the status of women" in the country. [3]