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The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
Also: Philippines: People: By occupation: Lawyers / Women by occupation: Women lawyers This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Filipino lawyers . It includes lawyers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
GABRIELA, the alliance, was founded in April 1984 after 10,000 women marched in Manila, defying a Marcos decree against demonstrations. [5] GABRIELA was named in honor of Gabriela Silang, [6] a Filipina revolutionary, who led a revolt against Spain in 1763 following her husband's assassination. [7]
This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties ...
Natividad Almeda-López (1914): [448] [449] First female judge in the Philippines (1934), as well as the first female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in the Philippines Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (1937): [ 450 ] [ 451 ] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1973).
Munda was an alumna of the Philippine Women's University (PWU). She obtained her law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law (cum laude) and completed her Master of Education in the same university. She was later a recipient of the UP Distinguished Alumna award in the field of education.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Filipino: Pinagsamang mga Abogasya ng Pilipinas abbreviated as IBP) is the national organization of lawyers in the Philippines. It is the mandatory bar association for Filipino lawyers. IBP Building in Ortigas Center, Pasig Bulacan Chapter
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.