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The presence of Americans played a vital role in influencing the development of nursing into a profession. Nurses and missionaries from the United States came to act as nurse mentors for the Filipina women. Nursing education, like teaching and missionary work in the Philippines, provided white American women with a sense of purpose in the ...
Violence against women in the Philippines includes different forms of gender-based violence.The term "violence against women" is "the word or concept (that) has been used in a broad, inclusive manner to encompass verbal abuse, intimidation, physical harassment, homicide, sexual assault, and rape."
The Philippine Statistics Authority’s National Demographic and Health Survey 2013 revealed that: One in five women aged 15–49 had experienced physical violence since the age of 15 years old. [26] One quarter of women ever-married aged 15–49, reported having experienced at any point emotional, physical, and/or sexual violence from their ...
These hospitals are designed to manage complex medical cases, providing a wider range of patient care. [1] Beyond these levels, Philippine hospitals are further differentiated by their ownership structure (government/public vs private) and the breadth of medical services they offer (generic vs specialised vs emergency, etc). [1]
Whereas, women are exploited in more domestic and caretaker roles. Children are exploited for sex and child labor trafficking. [4] In an effort to deal with the problem, the Philippines passed R.A. 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, a penal law against human trafficking, sex tourism, sex slavery and child prostitution. [5]
As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
Many examples exist of women in developing countries emigrating to more developed countries to help provide for their families back home by sending remittances. [1] Migrant workers may fill gaps in the labor market of developed countries, or may help fulfill domestic duties in dual-income households abroad. [ 2 ]
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