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She co-authored A Time to Love, A Time to Leave (a book on marriage and divorce “Philippine-style”) with Jullie Yap-Daza, and is an essayist for Women with Fire (edited by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol) and Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers, 1926-1998 (edited by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo).
Also: Philippines: People: By occupation: Lawyers / Women by occupation: Women lawyers This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Filipino lawyers . It includes lawyers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
None of these bills succeeded. It was not until 1936 that the climate for women's suffrage shifted propitiously for women. A Women's Citizens League was established in 1928 by the Women's Club of Manila. [8] Led by Maria Ventura, its core aim at the outset was to support the cause of women's suffrage. [9]
Bea Patricia "Patch" de Guzman Magtanong-Cordoves (born April 27, 1994) is a Filipino lawyer, [1] [2] beauty pageant titleholder [3] and fashion model who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2019. [4] [5] Magtanong represented the Philippines at the Miss International 2019 competition on 12 November 2019 in Tokyo, Japan placing in ...
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
Esperanza Christina Garcia Codilla; December 25, 1981), also known as Christina Garcia Frasco, is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as Secretary of Tourism since June 30, 2022. She was the mayor of Liloan, Cebu from 2016 to 2022.
Natividad Almeda-López (8 September 1892 – 22 January 1977) was a suffragist [2] and the first female lawyer in the Philippines, [3] passing the bar in 1914 and the first woman to defend a woman in a court of law. [4] [5] She was also the first female judge of the municipal court of Manila. She has been described as a "beacon in the feminist ...
Maria Laarni "Lani" Lopez Cayetano (born Maria Laarni Clariño Lopez; December 11, 1981) is a Filipina politician who is the current Mayor of Taguig from 2010 to 2019 and again since 2022. She previously served as the Representative of the 1st district of Taguig-Pateros from 2007 to 2010 and again, this time of the 2nd district , from 2019 to 2022.