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Philippine Women's University. / 14.5742°N 120.9896°E / 14.5742; 120.9896. Philippine Women's University ( PWU) is a coeducational tertiary education school which has its main campus in Manila, Philippines. An institution exclusive for girls from its inception until the 1970s, the PWU now admits both women and men as its students.
Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. Prior to colonization, both men and women could get a divorce for the following reasons: failure to meet family obligations, childlessness, and infidelity. Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce.
The current memorial was erected in 1917. The Thomasites were a group of 600 American teachers who traveled from the United States to the newly occupied territory of the Philippines on the US Army Transport Thomas. [1] The group included 346 men and 180 women, hailing from 43 different states and 193 colleges, universities, and normal schools. [1]
Miriam College (Filipino: Dalubhasaang Miriam) is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution 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 by a wide range of national, regional, and ...
Saint Pedro Poveda College. St. Scholastica's College, Manila. Saint Theresa's College of Cebu. The Sisters of Mary School. Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City. Categories: Girls' schools by country. Private schools in the Philippines. Schools in the Philippines by type.
This is a list of educational institutions in the Philippines arranged according to the dates of their foundation. It comprises the list of the oldest schools in the Philippines sorted in various categories, and gives an overview of the development of education and higher learning in the Philippines.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA; / ˌɛnsiː.eɪˈeɪ / ) is an athletic association of ten private colleges and universities in Metro Manila, Philippines. Established in 1924, it is the oldest collegiate athletic association in the country. [2] The Philippine NCAA is not affiliated with the NCAA of the United States.
The University of Santo Tomas is one of the oldest existing universities and holds the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia. It was founded on April 28, 1611, by the third Archbishop of Manila, Miguel de Benavides, together with Domingo de Nieva and Bernardo de Santa Catalina. It was originally conceived as a school ...