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In contemporary civil law, concubinage is a legal term that is sometimes used for an interpersonal, intimate relationship between a man and a woman, or, depending on the jurisdiction, unmarried couple, [1] [2] in which the couple wish to cohabit, but do not want to or cannot enter into a full marriage.
The Family Code of the Philippines enacted into law in 1987 by President Corazon Aquino defines marriage as "a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman" [23] Republic Act No. 386 of 1949 or the Civil Code of the Philippines, also includes mentions of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
In 2002, 63% of women who graduate from high school were found to spend some time cohabiting, compared to only 45% of women with a four-year college degree. [43] Cohabiting couples who have children often get married.
High school students received elementary and basic-level of biological information and family planning, with emphasis that separation and divorce are illegal in the Philippines. [7] Information about legal separation or de facto separation were also taught in Philippine public schools due to its high incidence of occurrence in lower-class ...
Women's colleges in the Philippines generally offer programs in all levels (from elementary up to graduate school). Most programs are available only for women. However, a few colleges allow male admissions, but only at the postgraduate level (i.e., master's and doctorate, continuing education courses, etc.)
In the Philippines, college is a tertiary institution that typically offer a number of specialized courses in the sciences, liberal arts, or in specific professional areas, e.g. nursing, hotel and restaurant management and information technology.
Miriam College (Filipino: Dalubhasaang Miriam) is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution [1] for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines. It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that develop the learning and caring competencies of students and are enriched ...
This is a list of alumni notable in their own right of the University of the Philippines College of Law (U.P. College of Law), having obtained their LL.B. or Juris Doctor degree [1] from the College, and their organizations while in the College. For a list of notable University of the Philippines graduates, see University of the Philippines people.