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In pre-colonial Philippines, both men and women enjoyed the same rights and privileges. [20] Women, like men, can ascend the headship of families, villages, and cities. [71] Women can also ascend the throne of a nation. In some cases, some queens have ascended as sole ruler, superior to her consort. [72] [73] [74]
In recent years, the Filipino government has addressed the rights of women under a multitude of legislative schemes including workplace discrimination, domestic violence, sexual harassment and human trafficking. [1] The Philippines has one of the smallest rates of gender disparity in the world.
The Negritos were early settlers, [6] but their appearance in the Philippines has not been reliably dated. [27] They were followed by speakers of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, a branch of the Austronesian language family. The first Austronesians reached the Philippines at 3000–2200 BCE, settling the Batanes Islands and northern Luzon.
The historiography of early Philippine settlements is the academic discipline concerned with the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to understand the history of settlements in early Philippine history. By modern definitions, this does not involve a story of "events in the past directly," but rather "the ...
Women's suffrage in the Philippines (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Women's rights in the Philippines" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Women's rights in the Philippines (6 C, 11 P) ... Pages in category "History of women in the Philippines" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Philippines is also one of 20 countries that still has a marry-your-rapist law (that is, a law that exonerates a rapist from punishment if he marries the victim after the attack). [33] [34] Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men.
The recorded pre-colonial history of the Philippines begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation in 822 Saka (900 CE). The discovery of this document marks the end of the prehistory of the Philippines at 900 AD.