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 »
This book covers more than eighty years of history between women and inter-governmental organizations. Unrecorded by history and untold by the media, this book recalls the success story of women and the League of Nations, and describes the unfolding history of women at the United Nations up to the great progress for advancement and empowerment …
Engendering the Global Agenda: The Story of Women and the United Nations. Read More »
