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Topic: equality

House panel approves SOGIESC bill

House panel approves SOGIESC bill

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:38 AM

Progressive lawmakers announced that the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality has approved a substitute bill for a Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, or Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Equality Bill. Read more »

Taiwan expands adoption rights for same-sex couples

Taiwan expands adoption rights for same-sex couples

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 02:43 PM

Taiwan passed an amendment allowing gay couples to jointly adopt children, a move seen as 'another big step forward' for marriage equality. Read more »

Ms. Q&A winner to compete in international pageant

Ms. Q&A winner to compete in international pageant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 01:17 PM

After winning the Ms. Q&A Queen of the Multibeks title last year, Anne Patricia Lorenzo is back on the pageant scene. Read more »

How to ask for a pay raise, and actually get one

How to ask for a pay raise, and actually get one

Aneth Ng-Lim
Updated as of May 02 01:21 PM

Let’s face it, we’ve all tried to ask for more pay, at one time or another. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa Brunei, patuloy ang pagsusulong ng gender equality

Mga Pinoy sa Brunei, patuloy ang pagsusulong ng gender equality

Annalyn 'Apol' Mabini | TFC News Brunei
Posted at Mar 27 03:32 PM

Mga Pinoy sa Brunei patuloy ang pagsusulong ng gender equality Read more »

Women can use sick leave instead of proposed 'menstrual' benefits: ECOP

Women can use sick leave instead of proposed 'menstrual' benefits: ECOP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 12:43 PM

Female workers may use the available sick leave benefit when experiencing period cramps every month, ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis, Jr. said. Read more »

Women still constrained by gender roles in PH: World Bank study

Women still constrained by gender roles in PH: World Bank study

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 01:04 PM

A World Bank study said that while Filipinas have been getting positions in upper management, more women are still trapped in low skill, low wage work. Read more »

Women fight in tandem with LGBT community for their rights: advocate

Women fight in tandem with LGBT community for their rights: advocate

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 06:09 PM

Women and the LGBT community fight in tandem for their rights, Bahaghari chairperson Reyna Valmores said. Read more »

On Women’s Month, help raise up and embrace women-owned businesses

On Women’s Month, help raise up and embrace women-owned businesses

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Mar 13 01:10 PM

If it takes a whole village to raise a child, then it takes a global community to embrace equality and equity. Read more »

Thysz Estrada fights for a more inclusive society

Thysz Estrada fights for a more inclusive society

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:31 AM

Aside from fighting for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, Thysz Estrada, a transwoman who is a bike commuter, is also a mobility advocate. Read more »

Gender equality still '300 years away': UN chief

Gender equality still '300 years away': UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 02:23 PM

Global progress on women's rights is 'vanishing before our eyes,' UN boss Antonio Guterres warned. Read more »

2023 Metro Manila Pride March to be held on June 24

2023 Metro Manila Pride March to be held on June 24

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 01:50 PM

This year's Metro Manila Pride March will be held on June 24, the organizers recently announced. Read more »

Philippines hails women this March

Philippines hails women this March

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 12:25 AM

The Philippine Commission on Women launches the Purple Wednesdays this month of March for Women's Month celebration. Read more »

SOGIE bill 'di kailangan dahil sa 'equal protection clause': ex-law school dean

SOGIE bill 'di kailangan dahil sa 'equal protection clause': ex-law school dean

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 02:15 AM

Giit niya, kailangan lang i-implement ang parusa laban sa diskriminasyon na hindi nagagawa. Read more »

House panel tackles SOGIE bills despite move for deferment

House panel tackles SOGIE bills despite move for deferment

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 04:09 AM

'This is not an illegal meeting… We were given clearance by the Rules committee,' said Rep. Geraldine Roman, chair of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Read more »

Sierra Leone passes law reserving 30% of jobs for women

Sierra Leone passes law reserving 30% of jobs for women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 06:42 AM

Sierra Leone passed a law Thursday requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women, in a bid to tackle gender imbalances in a society that favors men. Read more »

Japan court dismisses damages suit by same-sex couples

Japan court dismisses damages suit by same-sex couples

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 30 04:23 PM

A Japanese court on Wednesday dismissed damages sought by same-sex couples who claimed the government's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Read more »

Singapore repeals colonial-era gay sex law

Singapore repeals colonial-era gay sex law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 07:34 PM

Singapore's parliament on Tuesday repealed a law criminalizing sex between men. Read more »

Full gender equality 'still centuries away,' warns UN

Full gender equality 'still centuries away,' warns UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 06:03 AM

By the end of 2022, some 383 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, compared to 368 million men and boys, a statement said. Read more »

NBI hirap kasuhan ang ilang taga-PHSA na sangkot umano sa pang-aabuso

NBI hirap kasuhan ang ilang taga-PHSA na sangkot umano sa pang-aabuso

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 09:33 PM

Ayon sa NBI, nahihirapan silang makabuo ng pormal na reklamo laban sa mga idinadawit na guro dahil walang gustong magsumite ng sinumpaang salaysay. Read more »

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