Gender inequalityCDATextbooksPhilippinesUsing critical discourse analysis, this study examines the representations of gender relations in a popular English textbook series used in primary schools in the Philippines, which is a highly-ranked country in global gender equality indices. It seeks to analyse ...
This comprehensive guide on Gender Justice shares the various ways and tools in which businesses can promote gender justice, driving inspiration from our global community of Fair Trade Enterprises. read the guide Tags Gender Justice,International Women's Day,Policy Change,Sustainable Production & Consump...
In the health sector gender mainstreaming has multiple objectives. First and foremost, as in other sectors, its goal is to achieve gender equality. Second, its methods and tools aim to identify and address both the harmful ways that gender inequality damages the health of women and girls as ...
This chapter is a preliminary inquiry into gender, conflict, and peace in Mindanao, Southern Philippines. I look into the role of gender in the conflict, women's participation in peace negotiations, and gender equality as a component of peace and development. I suggest that gender inequality, ...
This article explores gender differences in ICT provision in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, and the Philippines, analyzing survey data with around 5,000 respondents who use public access ICT venues. In analyzing the gender differences we used the concept of digital inclusion—measured by various...
Financer.Public money can be a powerful weapon for governments seeking to reduce gender inequality. In the Philippines, gender and development budgeting has been implemented, requiring a minimum of 5 percent of the national government budget to be allocated to initiatives such as microfinance...
Moving from legal instruments to policies and non-binding acts, it should be acknowledged that the EU has been prolific in the adoption of measures to address different aspects of gender inequality. The European Parliament has been active in combating violence against women and domestic violence sinc...
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...
Women's participation in activities in the public sphere is accompanied by much slower changes in the private sphere in all countries with different histories and different welfare regimes. Gender inequality persists in both spheres, although increasing levels of education, especially for women, are a...
medianwage Gender(daily)wageinequalityhigh inservices,butlowerinother industries Womenwithlowereducation particularlyvulnerabletocrises GENDEREDLABORMARKET--PHILIPPINES Employment Lowlevelsofeducation& literacy,particularlyfor women HighLFPRforwomen (comparedtoother countries) Employment Primarilyinagriculture(75%) ...