Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:23 +0000
More than 1,000 Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince to denounce sexual violence in the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 04:12:54 +0000
A women’s organization vowed to give zero votes to the bets endorsed by President Duterte after he publicly flirted with a Bohol mayor.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 12:05:26 +0000
The Gabriela Women’s Partylist denounced violence against women employees in the celebration of 2019 Labor Day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:39:21 +0000
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping calls from his own bishops to recognize the “urgency of an inevitable change” to give them leadership roles.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:15:31 +0000
The Gabriela Women’s Party on Sunday asked President Rodrigo Duterte why women should follow his advice that they should stay away from priests.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:46 +0000
As the world marked International Women’s Day on Friday, a United Nations official commended the Philippines for narrowing the gap between women and men when it comes to rights and opportunities, but also noted that more efforts were needed to reduce childbirth-related deaths as well as incidents of sexual and physical violence among women and girls.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:20:54 +0000
Senator Sonny Angara lauded on Friday the enactment of expanded maternity leave into law, saying it proves that the Philippines is the best country to champion women’s rights.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:48:25 +0000
New Hampshire’s highest court upheld Friday the conviction of three women who were arrested for going topless on a beach, finding their constitutional rights were not violated.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:25:14 +0000
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which offered her asylum.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:45:35 +0000
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she was abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back home left Thailand on Friday night for Canada, which has granted her asylum.
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