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S. Korea seeks 'amicable solution' to comfort women issue with Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jan 24 10:56 AM

South Korea on Saturday reacted to a court order for Japan to compensate former "comfort women" over their treatment in Japanese military brothels by vowing to seek an "amicable solution" and "make every effort to continue constructive and future-oriented cooperation" with its neighbor. Read more »

Coach Pat Aquino continues to scout Fil-Am talents for Gilas women's program

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 04:50 PM

Gilas Pilipinas women's head coach Pat Aquino has been criss-crossing the United States in search of Filipino-American players who can suit up for the country's national team program. Read more »

Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges in Kabul ambush

Emal Haidary and Mushtaq Mojaddidi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 03:09 PM

The attack on the judges happened as they were driving to their office in a court vehicle, said Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the Supreme Court. 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 »

Duterte ignites criticism for sexist claim over presidency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 06:35 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte ignites criticism over his sexist claim that the Philippines' top job is not meant for women because of their emotional make-up. Duterte's daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte for her part asserts she has no plans to run for president despite topping a recent survey on preferred presidential candidates in 2022. Read more »

Japan mulls 'various options' against S. Korea comfort women ruling

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 13 05:55 PM

TOKYO - Japan is contemplating "various options" and will act resolutely in response to a recent South Korean court ruling ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to former "comfort women," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

Half of women put off by macho language in job adverts

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 13 09:40 AM

Biased language in some job adverts in Britain deters as many as one in two women from applying, a study said on Wednesday, amid a push to attract more women to male-dominated sectors. 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 »

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Yonhap

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:40 AM

A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. Read more »

'Be more circumspect' in dealing with Dacera case, women's rights advocate tells PNP

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 12:36 PM

(UPDATE2) — A women's rights advocate urged the Philippine National Police on Wednesday to be "be more circumspect in putting out information" regarding the case of flight attendant Christine Dacera. Read more »

Are you guilty of perpetuating rape culture? Here's what you can change

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 06:30 PM

As discourse on victim blaming and rape recently dominated social media pages, sociology and human rights experts have called on the public to begin changing behaviors that perpetuate rape culture.    Read more »

Will pandemic telework boost women's careers in Japan, South Korea?

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 05 12:41 PM

COVID-19 could be a tipping point in the push to retain more women in the workforce in Japan and South Korea and for them to have families with new flexible work arrangements expected to stay, according to researchers and recruiters. Read more »

'Vodka in your coffee Cup’: When Pandemic Drinking Goes Too Far

Alix Strauss, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 26 11:46 AM

Some women in the US are hoping to regain control over their drinking habits spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Xander Ford, ikinulong matapos ireklamo ng pananakit ng ex-girlfriend

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 07:17 PM

Sinampahan noon ng reklamong pananakit at attempted rape si Xander.  Read more »

Babies of women with COVID-19 have antibodies, say Singapore researchers

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 19 12:42 AM

The study involved 16 pregnant women with COVID-19, aged 23 to 36 years old, to understand mother-to-baby transmission of the novel coronavirus. Read more »

Commission on women notes underreporting of abuse cases due to fear, pandemic restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 02:40 PM

While the numbers are significantly lower compared to last year however, Balmes said this may be also because victims may be scared of reporting cases.  Read more »

18 days after giving birth, woman dies from COVID-19

Maria Cramer, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 09 05:23 PM

Erika Becerra was eight months pregnant when she learned she had tested positive for the coronavirus. Almost immediately after she got the result, her body began aching, she developed a fever and she felt tightness in her chest. When she began having trouble breathing, her husband called for an ambulance. Read more »

Age of sexual consent in PH compared to rest of Southeast Asia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 10:56 PM

In the Philippines, it is legal for an adult to have sex with a 12-year-old if he claims that the child agreed to it. A bill raising the age of sexual consent in the country from 12 to 16 is pending in Congress. Read more »

Hong Kong’s prisons mull shearing locks of female inmates in name of equality

Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 01:23 PM

The haircuts for female prisoners are one option being weighed after a five-judge panel ruled ‘social norms’ is not a valid reason for cutting activists’ hair. A prison insider warns of ‘possible riots’, and a wave of judicial reviews could follow rules changes. Read more »

‘Form of violence:’ CHR tells Duterte, officials ‘sexist, misogynistic remarks' are never right

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 06:16 PM

Misogynistic remarks are “never right,” the CHR said, not when the nation is reeling from a national emergency and not during the month when the country is observing 18 days of activism on violence against women.   Read more »