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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. [1]
The Senate of the Philippines' hearing on the alleged abuses under the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) and Quiboloy began on January 23, 2024. The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality oversaw the hearing, with Hontiveros as the panel chairperson. [6]
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 ] These roles range between the traditional position of mother, looking after children and household, to positions in the political arena.
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.
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, also regardless of gender. [1]
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]
The establishment of the gender equality principle in the 1987 Philippine Constitution indicated that the concern for the welfare of women rose as one of the top priorities of the government. Only two years after the integration of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the very first Philippine Development Plan for Women (PDPW)—which would go on ...