The Embassy of France to the Philippines and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are jointly hosting a webinar to highlight the progress and obstacles that remain in ensuring that women are freely able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), as well as to identify and
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Group lauds impending passage of bill vs child marriage
House of Representatives Committee on Women and Gender Equality’s (CWGE) decision to approve in principle a bill seeking to end child marriage in the country.“As with other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and poverty.”
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
MANILA An international humanitarian and development group lauded the impending passage of a bill seeking to end child marriage in the Philippines.
In a statement, Oxfam Pilipinas said it welcomes the House of Representatives Committee on Women and Gender Equality’s (CWGE) decision to approve in principle a bill seeking to end child marriage in the country.
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The report showed that the country has closed 78.4 percent of its overall gender gap and ranked 17th out of 156 countries, one notch lower compared to its previous place.
But in Asia Pacific, the Philippines placed second next to New Zealand, ranking fourth globally.
Of the four indices, the Philippines ranked 18th in economic participation, 33rd in political empowerment, 34th in health and survival, and 39th in educational attainment.
The country is among the 18 countries in the world that have closed at least 79.6 percent of economic participation and opportunity gaps.
“This result is due in part to the fact that the Philippines is one of the few countries that has closed at the same time its gender gap in senior roles, and in professional and technical roles,” the report read.
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The “MusikJuana Songwriting Contest,” organized by the Philippine Commission on Women, aims to make music as an advocacy for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Music pieces must focus on BPfA’s 12 areas of concern which are: poverty, education and training, health, violence, armed conflict, economy, power and decision-making, institutional mechanisms, human rights, media, environment, and the girl and the child.
The contest is open to all Filipino composers and songwriters who currently reside in the Philippine.
Each entry must be an original work of the contestant and all rights, including copyright, must be owned exclusively by the contestant.