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Roxanne Barcelo, husband are having a boy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 02:17 PM

Roxanne Barcelo and her husband are set to have a baby boy.   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 »

DepEd to revisit, revise module depicting gender bias

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 01:52 PM

The Department of Education said Tuesday its local office in South Cotabato would “revisit and revise” modules that are not aligned with the agency’s policy on gender sensitivity after a Grade 5 student in the province raised concerns over a learning material that depicted gender stereotyping. Read more »

ECQ helped launch new business for 63-year old widow

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Mar 29 11:12 AM

Three letters guaranteed to strike fear, or should I write terror, into the hearts of every business owner are E, C and Q. 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 »

Grade 5 student pinuri sa pagpuna sa ‘gender bias’ sa learning module

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 07:36 PM

Umani ng papuri sa netizens ang isang Grade 5 student mula Polomolok, South Cotabato nang i-post ng kaniyang tatay ang sulat niya sa Department of Education dahil sa nakita umanong gender bias sa kaniyang learning module.   Read more »

Baking Her Way through COVID-19 Pandemic

Aneth Ng-Lim
Updated as of Mar 22 03:21 PM

Can a “pasalubong” store stay open for business amidst a nationwide quarantine? 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 »

Helping Filipinas find their voice amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Aneth Ng-Lim
Updated as of Mar 15 11:00 AM

Many lives have been upended by the raging COVID-19 health crisis, and media entrepreneur Jannelle So was no exception. 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 »

Investment banker turned organic farmer fights hunger in rural PH

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Mar 08 11:12 AM

Today, on International Women’s Day, let me turn the spotlight on New York banking community’s loss which became Capiz’s farming livelihood gain. Read more »

Riders at bikers, may mensahe para sa International Women's Day bukas

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 09:49 PM

Isang araw bago ang International Women's Day, nakiisa ang mga grupo ng riders at bikers para labanan ang diskrimasyon sa mga kababaihan.  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 »

Patrick Garcia, wife Nikka having a baby boy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 04:56 PM

After 3 daughters, actor Patrick Garcia and wife Nikka Martinez are expecting a baby boy, a gender reveal announcement they made in vlog on Friday.  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 »

Mga kaso ng online gender-based violence, tumaas sa panahon ng pandemiya: grupo

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 08:01 PM

Tumaas ang bilang ng mga kaso ng online gender-based violence simula nang nagkaroon ng pandemiya, ayon sa isang foundation ngayong Martes. Read more »

China’s plans to ‘cultivate masculinity’ with more gym classes, male teachers cause outrage from experts

Phoebe Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 02 02:07 PM

Chinese education officials’ call for more physical fitness classes in schools to make the country’s young men more masculine has been met with outrage by critics who say the move could result in increased domestic violence and other social problems.   Read more »

Vlogger Zeinab Harake, rapper Skusta Clee are having a baby girl

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 04:10 PM

Popular vlogger Zeinab Harake and rapper Daryl Ruiz (aka Skusta Clee) are having a baby girl. Read more »