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The document (UNDP 1998) expanded the usual notion of rights- civil and political
such as voting, freedom of the press and religion, to include what it called social,
economic and cultural rights, ‘including the right to an adequate standard of living , the
right to education, the right to work and to equal pay for equal work, and the rights of
minorities to enjoy their own culture, religion and language”.
The UN came up with the recognition that it is not only women’s contribution in
society that matters, but women are persons also with their own rights; just as the
concern for other sectors left out in the development process.
(Republic Act No. 9262). Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act of 2004.
Provides for the protection of women and children against violence by defining
and providing penalties including imprisonment and fines.
Amending the Family Code of the Philippines to remove traces of inequality between
spouses with respect to their ability: to provide parental consent to marry, to administer
their community property or conjugal partnership, to exercise their parental authority
over the person and legal partnership over the property of common children.
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Report 2021, the
Philippines has ranked 17th among 156 nations in closing gender inequality.
The Philippines, based on the report, has remained the top-performing country
in Asia after closing 78.4 percent of its overall gender gap.
The Philippines has been ranked among the top ten countries with the least
gender gap by the World Economic Forum. The other nine countries in the list
are all more developed economically than the Philippines; Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Iceland, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, United Kingdom, and
Ireland.
However, Filipinas should not be complacent because, in reality, there is inequality
between male and female in the country.
We must also be aware that women’s actual political participation as elected officials is
still low in proportion to the women in the population.
The Philippines has had two female presidents. The first female president Corazon Aquino
struggled to address her country's economic problems and restored democracy to the
Philippines. The second president was Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who sponsored new laws
such as the indigenous people’s rights law and the anti-sexual harassment law.
That is why the focus on gender and governance is very important. As
noted by NGO Report, training for women leaders is not wanting; it is the
number of women to be trained entering politics which must be expanded.
In all, what it boils down to is that, we need not only women in policy-
making , but women and men who are aware of and committed to uplifting
the plight of women.
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