Topic: women

Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends

Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends

ABS-CBN NewsSarah Dadouch and Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 10:20 AM

Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads at midnight on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. Read more »

19 girls rescued at Manila videoke bar; 'pimps' nabbed

19 girls rescued at Manila videoke bar; 'pimps' nabbed

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:34 PM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police Women and Children Protection Center (PNP WCPC) rescued 19 girls, including high school students, in an entrapment operation at a videoke bar in Sampaloc district here Thursday night.  Read more »

Intel CEO resigns after probe of relationship with employee

Intel CEO resigns after probe of relationship with employee

Munsif Vengattil and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 08:36 AM

The head of the largest US chipmaker is the latest in a line of men in business and politics to lose their jobs or resign over relationships viewed as inappropriate, a phenomenon highlighted by the #MeToo social media movement. Read more »

Women's march tells Duterte 'enough'

Women's march tells Duterte 'enough'

Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 10:27 PM

More than 1,000 women marched in Manila on Tuesday to tell President Rodrigo Duterte they have had enough of what they termed as his repeated misogynistic words and deeds. Read more »

OPINION: DOM

OPINION: DOM

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Jun 08 12:12 AM

I have a question to those who think that there was nothing wrong in President Duterte kissing Bea Kim, a Filipina married to a Korean, during his meeting with the Filipino community in South Korea in Seoul last Sunday: Is it still okay with you if Duterte would do the same to your wife or daughter? Read more »

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