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Opinion: The anti-discrimination bill

Amir Mawallil
Posted at Dec 10 11:41 PM

What would it mean for the Philippines to have a real anti-discrimination bill? It certainly sounds like a certain utopia: to have human rights, equality, and dignity restored that discrimination strips away. Read more »

Jubilant Malays rally after Malaysia refuses UN racial equality pledge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 09:22 PM

Tens of thousands of Malay Muslims rallied Saturday to celebrate the Malaysian government's refusal to ratify a UN convention against racial discrimination. Read more »

House OKs bill prohibiting racial, ethnic, religious discrimination on 2nd reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 01:31 AM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill seeking to prohibit racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination.   Read more »

Job fair para sa PWDs ikinasa, pero ahensiya may 'alinlangan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 09:49 PM

Para sa National Council for Disability Affairs, mas maganda sana kung hindi na ihihiwalay ang job fair para sa mga PWD.  Read more »

Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 01:35 AM

Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer. Read more »

Japan probe finds more universities discriminated against women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 05:06 PM

TOKYO - A Japanese government probe has uncovered more cases of universities discriminating against female applicants in an investigation prompted by a scandal at a Tokyo medical school.   Read more »

Harvard on trial over alleged discrimination against Asians

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 03:08 AM

Harvard University went on trial Monday over an opaque admissions selection process that critics say discriminates against students of Asian origin. Read more »

Fears linked to the Expanded Maternity Bill 'unfounded': advocates

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 10:20 PM

MANILA - Fears linked to the pending extended maternity bill are "unfounded" since competency has always been the basis of hiring workers, a legislator said Friday after businessmen claimed that additional benefits could hurt women's chance of getting hired. Read more »

Expanded maternity leave may affect students, private schools say

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 11:56 PM

Concerns are hounding the proposed expanded maternity leave, with an employers group saying companies could choose to hire more men instead of women once the bill becomes a law. Read more »

Harvard admissions bias case can proceed to trial: U.S. judge

Nate Raymond, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 06:12 AM

BOSTON - A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants to go to trial, a closely watched case that could influence the use of race in college admissions decisions. Read more »

Racist rant kontra sa isang Pinay, nag-viral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 08:01 PM

Mabilis na nag-viral ang video ng isang Pinay na nakaranas ng racial abuse sa Portland, Oregon.  Read more »

Woman apologizes after racist rant against Pinay goes viral

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Sep 19 01:23 PM

A woman from Beaverton, Oregon has apologized after her racist rant against a Filipina in Portland was posted on Facebook and viewed millions of times. Read more »

House OKs bill prohibiting work discrimination vs women

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 07:08 PM

Voting 197-0-0, lawmakers passed House Billi 6769 or the “Expanding the Prohibition of Discriminatory Acts against Women on Account of Sex.”  Read more »

Harvard accused of anti-Asian admissions policy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 01:15 AM

The U.S. Justice Department accused Harvard University Thursday of discriminating against Asian applicants, ramping up the Trump administration's opposition to widespread policies seeking to manage racial balance among students. Read more »

Should companies, schools allow cross-dressing?

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 11:48 AM

Company policy against cross-dressing is not necessarily a form of discrimination, Senator Joel Villanueva explained Thursday amid accusations that he is delaying the passage of a bill that would protect members of the LGBT community from discrimination. Read more »

Discrimination vs 'KaladKaren' a wake-up call to pass LGBT rights bill - Hontiveros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 02:02 PM

MANILA - The alleged discrimination that comedian Jervi Li, better known as "KaladKaren Davila," recently experienced at a Makati bar is a wakeup call for the Senate to approve a bill protecting the LGBT community from hate crimes and prejudice, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday. Read more »

Transgender solon seeks probe on alleged discrimination vs 'KaladKaren'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 05:48 PM

Li and her friends were allegedly barred from entering a bar in Makati City over the weekend because of their gender.  Read more »

Kaladkaren, nakaranas ng diskriminasyon sa isang bar sa Makati

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 07:46 PM

Nakaranas ng diskriminasyon sa isang bar sa Makati ang TV host at impersonator na si Jervi Li o mas kilala bilang si KaladKaren.  Read more »

'Red love': Hundreds of redheads gather in western France

Wafaa Essalhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 09:36 AM

Ginger, auburn, strawberry blonde; all types of redheads turned out in their hundreds in western France on Saturday for the first "Red Love" festival.  Read more »

Book about Filipino women taken offline in Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 05:07 PM

MANILA - A book about Filipina women written by a Korean man has been removed from online book retailers after complaints that it is "obscene and racist." Read more »