Examining Gender Economic Inequality in the PhilippinesEvelyn P. Santiago
Especially in the Philippines, the government and media condemn migrant mothers with concerns that they are causing a family break-up. Although the economy has been sustained by remittances frommigrant workers, they shift the responsibility of family crisis only to migrant mothers and insist that ret...
I suggest that gender inequality, in the form of a gender order, has historically shaped conflict in Mindanao. I review women's participation in peace negotiations in Southeast Asia through the cases of Aceh, Myanmar, and the Philippines. Finally, using critical frame analysis, I look at how ...
empowers the Committee to receive complaints lodged by individuals against States which have ratified the protocol itself for violations of the CEDAW. Widely accepted by European countries, the protocol was only ratified by Cambodia, Philippines and Thailand (ASEAN countries), and it has not yet bee...
However, the poor are not a homogenous entity. Disproportionate household and familial burdens and a relative lack of control over productive assets can enhance female vulnerability beyond that of men (Goh, 2012). In many cases, discriminatory legal institutions and social customs exacerbate these ...
women’s enfranchisement and/or where women historically played a more relevant role within the family, the share of direct taxes (over indirect taxes or total tax revenue) is significantly higher than in countries with a later enfranchisement and with historical gender inequality within the family...
In the country important decisions are made and numerous events for the solution of this problem are held. The main directions of a state policy in this area are implementation of measures on to prevention of cases of gender violence, creation of equal opportunities for women and men on a ...
67% of G7 citizens believe that gender inequality in the workplace is a real problem Today the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society presents the third edition of its Barometer, which analyzes the perceptions of 3500 citizens of G7 countries on gender inequalities in their respective ...
Gender inequality Internet Mobile phones Global digital gender gaps Big data Development indicators 1. Introduction The rapid proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has been one of the most significant social phenomena of the new millennium. Today, there are estimated to be ...
Two mechanisms especially difficult to separate are those related to individual and social behavior. Individuals adapt their behavior according to what others do. For example, married men in the Philippines changed their expenditure choices when their wives knew they received money (Ashraf2009). Gender...