More than half of OFWs are women working either as domestic helpers or entertainers. Countless have suffered abuse under the hands of their employers.
Women are opposed to the anti-terrorism law, which intensifies the witchhunt of progressive organizations and heralds the age of martial law.
Women agricultural workers, driven away by government and businesses from their own lands, received 10% less wage than their male counterparts.
The President Arroyo-George Bush tandem, through militarist and anti-poor economic policies, are responsible for Filipino women's woes.
Violence against women and children increased by more than 30% this year, according to statistics from the DSWD and PNP Women's Desk. Many cases are unreported.
More than 8% of women voters will vote for Gabriela Women's Party in the upcoming elections, according to the latest SWS survey.
GWP fights for women's political, economic, social, and cultural rights. They are subject of a harassment and vilification campaign by the Arroyo government.
More than half of OFWs are women working either as domestic helpers or entertainers. Countless have suffered abuse under the hands of their employers.
Women are opposed to the anti-terrorism law, which intensifies the witchhunt of progressive organizations and heralds the age of martial law.
Women agricultural workers, driven away by government and businesses from their own lands, received 10% less wage than their male counterparts.
The President Arroyo-George Bush tandem, through militarist and anti-poor economic policies, are responsible for Filipino women's woes.
Violence against women and children increased by more than 30% this year, according to statistics from the DSWD and PNP Women's Desk. Many cases are unreported.
More than 8% of women voters will vote for Gabriela Women's Party in the upcoming elections, according to the latest SWS survey.
GWP fights for women's political, economic, social, and cultural rights. They are subject of a harassment and vilification campaign by the Arroyo government.
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