The PCW Accomplishment Report presents the accomplishments and activities of the Philippine Commission on Women in 2023. They are anchored on the Commission’s two primary final outputs: (1) provision of policy services on gender and development (GAD) and (2) provision of GAD technical advisory services. They are also lodged under the Women’s Empowerment and Gender …
From a distance, there is not much to improve in the Philippines’ gender landscape. The country is 8th in the global ranking of gender parity and the only one in Asia to be included in the top 10. But the picture on the ground reveals persistent gender gaps in education, employment, and wages. They can …
Outside Looking In: Gendered Perspectives in Work and Education Read More »
The report indicates that a significant proportion of population has remained poor over the past two decades and that poverty incidence among the population even worsened from 30.0 percent in 2003 to 32.9 percent in 2006. There is thus this need to intensify the implementation of effective antipoverty interventions to improve the welfare and income …
Philippines Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 Read More »
