From the News! - Your Daily News » DAW http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264 by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights of women.

The CHR said… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 Legalizing prostitution http://fromthenews.net/legalizing-prostitution.htm http://fromthenews.net/legalizing-prostitution.htm#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21:46 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4487 Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – We are living in days when the Catholic Church has set out to basically nullify the Philippine Revolution, by making government the instrument for the propagation of the Faith.… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/legalizing-prostitution.htm/feed 0 Project Bantay Banay – Safeguarding the sanctity of the family http://fromthenews.net/project-bantay-banay-safeguarding-the-sanctity-of-the-family.htm http://fromthenews.net/project-bantay-banay-safeguarding-the-sanctity-of-the-family.htm#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:54:30 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4559 Johanna M. Sampan
Manila Times

PLAN—an international, humanitarian, child-centered development organization without religious, political or governmental affiliation or leanings started operating in Pilar Island, a part of the Camotes Group of Islands in Cebu City in 2000.

Besides promoting… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/project-bantay-banay-safeguarding-the-sanctity-of-the-family.htm/feed 0 Longer lives, less pay – women not saving enough http://fromthenews.net/longer-lives-less-pay-women-not-saving-enough.htm http://fromthenews.net/longer-lives-less-pay-women-not-saving-enough.htm#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:41:18 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4471 by Candice Choi, Associated Press Writer
from The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/longer-lives-less-pay-women-not-saving-enough.htm/feed 0 Advocates push for gender-based statistics http://fromthenews.net/advocates-push-for-gender-based-statistics.htm http://fromthenews.net/advocates-push-for-gender-based-statistics.htm#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 09:47:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4345 Manila Times

There is a need to disaggregate data concerning men and women in the Philippines for a better implementation and design of development programs and projects for women.

Making a call in a Advocacy Forum on Gender Statistics held… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/advocates-push-for-gender-based-statistics.htm/feed 0 Catholic school teacher faces sexual harassment charges http://fromthenews.net/catholic-school-teacher-faces-sexual-harassment-charges.htm http://fromthenews.net/catholic-school-teacher-faces-sexual-harassment-charges.htm#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:30:40 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3656 Manila Times

BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya: A Catholic school teacher here has been the subject of numerous complaints of alleged sexual harassments reportedly committed against some of his pupils of prominent families.

In their complaint before the children and women’s desk… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/catholic-school-teacher-faces-sexual-harassment-charges.htm/feed 0 Battered women, children exempted from docket fees http://fromthenews.net/battered-women-children-exempted-from-docket-fees.htm http://fromthenews.net/battered-women-children-exempted-from-docket-fees.htm#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:30:33 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3139 Jomar Canlas
Manila Times

IN giving more support and protection for battered wo­men and children, the Supreme Court gave due course for the prayer exempting battered women and children from payment of increased filing fees.

The local… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/battered-women-children-exempted-from-docket-fees.htm/feed 0 Protectors as victims: 16% of women cops battered http://fromthenews.net/protectors-as-victims-16-of-women-cops-battered.htm http://fromthenews.net/protectors-as-victims-16-of-women-cops-battered.htm#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:00:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=2974 Luige A. del Puerto
Inquirer

SOME 16 percent of women police officers have been physically abused by their partners at one time or another during the last 10 years, according to a study by the Philippine National Police’s Family,… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protectors-as-victims-16-of-women-cops-battered.htm/feed 0 Cases of violence vs women down — police http://fromthenews.net/cases-of-violence-vs-women-down-police.htm http://fromthenews.net/cases-of-violence-vs-women-down-police.htm#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:00:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=2973 Luige del Puerto
Inquirer

THE CASES of violence against women (VAW) such as wife battery and sexual abuse have decreased in the last three years, according to police statistics.
VAW incidents reported to the police during the first… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/cases-of-violence-vs-women-down-police.htm/feed 0 Women and the economy http://fromthenews.net/women-and-the-economy.htm http://fromthenews.net/women-and-the-economy.htm#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:00:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=2975 Cielito Habito
Inquirer

WHEN OUR FAMILY GOES OUT FOR DINNER, when I bring our dirty clothes to the corner laundry to be washed, or when their teachers teach my children their lessons in school, these activities add to the… Read the rest

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