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Philippines

Shirlyn Macasarte-Villanueva, Board Member, Province of Cotabato
September 11, 2014
A few good women in Philippine Politics

When one turns on the television, reads the newspaper or listens to the news on radio, one cannot help but notice that much of the news is focused on the negative events that are happening to our country.

March 30, 2014
More women participation in governance in the Philippines?

Would increasing women participation in politics improve Philippine governance?

Some lawmakers and women's rights advocates believe it would.

October 23, 2013
Filipino women ‘breaking ground’ in government

The Philippines has hailed a UN Security Council resolution recognising women’s role in the peace process, saying that the measure raised the status of women from “victims” of conflict to agents of amity.

March 8, 2013
In the Philippines, women stand up for peace

At the heart of Manila’s main thoroughfare, right at the People Power monument, a large group of Muslim women gathered one Sunday (Oct.