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QC reopens facility responding to gender-based violence as cases spike during lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:43 PM

The facility was temporarily closed during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, although it continued to receive complaints via their email, hotline, and social media accounts.  Read more »

1,200 crimes against women, children recorded since ECQ started: Duterte report

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 11:57 AM

Duterte in his report said the Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded 763 cases of crimes against women, and 521 crimes against children as of April 30. Read more »

Alkalde sa Japan binatikos sa komentong makupad na shoppers ang mga babae

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 24 05:45 PM

Inulan ng batikos ang isang alkalde sa Osaka, Japan dahil sa komento nitong iatas na lamang sa mga lalaki ang pago-grocery sa panahon ng pandemya dahil mabagal at nagtatagal pa ang mga babae sa gawaing ito.   Read more »

Football: US Soccer gender discrimination lawsuit delayed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 10:44 AM

The trial date for the gender discrimination lawsuit brought by US women players against the US Soccer Federation has been pushed from May 5 to June 16. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Do men fare worse with COVID-19?

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 08:06 PM

Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men being more likely than women to contract the disease and to suffer severe or critical complications if they do. Read more »

Canada moves to ban 'conversion therapy'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 10:44 AM

OTTAWA - The Canadian government on Monday announced a bill to ban so-called "conversion therapy," which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people. Read more »

Same-sex couples' legal dependents to get equal benefits at Globe, telco says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 10:10 PM

Globe Telecom said the policy covers all regular employees who were married to their same-sex partners in countries where the marriage, civil union, civil partnership or registered partnership is legal.   Read more »

'Motivate Filipinas,’ Palace says as world marks Women’s Month

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 03:54 PM

Malacañang urged the public on Tuesday to “motivate Filipinas” as the world marks International Women’s Month this March.   Read more »

CHR calls for gender-equal society as world marks Women's Month

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 09:38 AM

MANILA - Despite efforts to uphold equal rights, there is still a need to promote women's rights for a gender-equal society, the Commission on Human Rights said Monday as the world celebrates Women's Month. Read more »

Should women propose promotion not marriage in leap year 2020?

Amber Milne, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 26 02:01 PM

In a leap year, Feb. 29 is traditionally the day women propose marriage to men - but should women use the extra day to ask their bosses, not their partners, for more? Read more »

Here come the brides in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 08:42 AM

BELFAST - Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding is scheduled to take place on Tuesday after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province, marking legalization of the practice throughout the United Kingdom. Read more »

Utah bans LGBTQ conversion therapy for children

Rich McKay, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 08:04 AM

Utah is now the 19th U.S. state to ban conversion therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity in lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and queer children. Read more »

South Korean army to discharge transgender soldier

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 05:29 PM

SEOUL, South Korea - A transgender soldier who enlisted as a man and underwent a sex change last year will be discharged from South Korea's army, with the military saying Wednesday she had violated regulations. Read more »

Robinsons Land makes it to Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 08:01 PM

The Filipino developer said it scored "high" in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index for equal representation in the workplace with its men to women in leadership positions ratio of 50:50. Seven out of every 11 employees are women.   Read more »

No sex, no babies: S.Korea's emerging feminists reject marriage

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 20 08:13 AM

No dating, no sex, no marriage and no babies: 2 South Korean YouTubers who vow to stay single have caused uproar in the east Asian nation as it battles the world's lowest fertility rate.  Read more »

From nuns to astronauts: 10 women cracking the glass ceiling in 2019

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 27 03:07 PM

Countries around the world have promised gender equality by 2030, but in 2019 a new index showed that even the most advanced nations weren't doing enough to reach that goal.   Read more »

Sexist slurs mar Taiwan presidential elections

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 02:04 PM

Taiwan has forged a reputation as Asia's most progressive democracy and it boasts a higher proportion of women in parliament than anywhere else in the region -- yet misogynistic insults have littered its presidential race.   Read more »

LOOK: Anne Curtis’ star-studded gender reveal party

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 04:41 PM

Some of those who attended the party include Bea Alonzo, Isabelle Daza, and Angelica Panganiban, among others.  Read more »

Duterte welcomes LGBT group in Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 04:20 AM

In his message, the President expressed his support for the LGBT community. Read more »

Gender workplace equality 257 years away: WEF

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 07:32 AM

Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Tuesday showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide despite increasing demands for equal treatment.  Read more »