News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 14, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 11:55 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

'Male-dominated politics'

Peter Nicholls, Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 07:34 PM

Activists wearing masks depicting G7 leaders highlight male-dominated G7 leadership, during the G7 summit. Read more »

Heads of global organizations issue joint call for vaccine equality

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 05:10 AM

The aim is to vaccinate at least 40 percent of the global population by the end of the year, and at least 60 percent by the end of next year, so as to enable a lasting economic recovery. Read more »

Lowering height requirements for uniformed service opens opportunities to more Filipinos - senators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 05:02 PM

The law also automatically waives such requirements to applicants from cultural communities and indigenous groups. Read more »

Duterte approves law lowering height requirement for PNP, other uniformed services

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 08:30 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law lowering the height requirement for the Philippine National Police and other uniformed services, according to a document that Malacañang released on Thursday.  Read more »

UN report says millions of women face restrictions on their body

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 02:12 PM

Nearly half the women in 57 countries around the world face restrictions on what they can do with their bodies, such as have sex, use contraception or seek health care, the UN said in a report Wednesday. Read more »

Pandemic delays gender parity by a generation: WEF

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 10:40 AM

The pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women, according to a report released Wednesday showing the crisis had added decades to the trajectory towards closing the gender gap.   Read more »

How sharing positive stories can empower every woman

Avon
Updated as of Mar 24 05:45 PM

Did you know that women find strength in listening to the experiences of other women and sharing their own? Read more »

Gender equality—Our unfinished business

Gustavo Gonzalez
Posted at Mar 20 10:12 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a wealth of lessons on gender equality. Lockdowns have exposed the enormous value of unpaid care and domestic work for the economy and how disproportionately this burden has been shouldered by women.  Read more »

Connected women are key to pandemic recovery in the Philippines

Beth Ann Lim, director for APAC Policy Programs and Government Outreach, Facebook
Posted at Mar 11 06:56 PM

Women represent half the world’s population and half of its potential to grow, create opportunities and to overcome poverty.  Read more »

Pandemic widens gender gap in Philippine e-commerce companies: study

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo
Posted at Mar 09 05:44 PM

While the e-commerce industry was one of the few businesses that thrived during the worldwide crisis, gender parity in Philippine-based online shopping companies also took a significant dip. Read more »

Women's rights: Long way to go after century of progress

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 05:30 AM

A World Economic Forum study found that at present rates of change gender parity still won't happen in our lifetimes. Read more »

Supreme Court allows legitimate child to use mother’s surname

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 11:50 PM

A legitimate child can now choose to use the surname of either parents as last name, the Supreme Court ruled, recognizing “the fundamental equality of women and men before the law” and invoking the State's duty to "dismantle" patriarchy.  Read more »

Catriona Gray says 'capacity to be a leader is not determined by gender'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:27 PM

Catriona Gray has also weighed in on the remark recently made by President Rodrigo Duterte that the country's highest elective post is "not for women" because “the emotional set-up of a woman and a man is totally different.”   Read more »

Biden calls for expanded efforts to protect LGBTQ rights globally

Alexandra Alper and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 12:49 PM

Biden has already issued an executive order that extends existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people.   Read more »

Anti-discrimination bill provides safeguards vs anti-terror law, says lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 10:20 AM

A lawmaker on Friday called for the passage of an anti-discrimination bill to provide safeguards for Muslims and other minorities against the contentious counterterrorism law. Read more »

House OKs on final reading bill vs discrimination on race, ethnicity, religion

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 07:38 PM

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on the third and final reading a measure which aims to protect and promote the rights to equality and non-discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity and religion. Read more »

Duterte's anti-women leadership remark 'deflates' gender equality campaign: Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 01:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-women leadership remark "deflates" the fight for gender equality, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday.   Read more »

Pope Francis changes Church law to enshrine roles for women

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:38 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday changed its law to formally codify their roles as altar servers, distributors of communion and readers at liturgies. Read more »

Dacera case ipinakitang kulang ang publiko sa kaalaman sa rape culture, gender equality

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 04:03 PM

Ayon sa mga eksperto, nailabas ng kuwento ni Christine Dacera ang malaking kakulangan sa kaalaman ng publiko hinggil sa rape culture at gender equality. Read more »