The recurrent oil price hike takes its greatest toll on poor families, especially women and children. The increase in the price of oil immediately creates a domino effect that triggers the increase in the prices of other basic commodities, specially basic food items as well as fares for transportation services. The recent provisional fare hike announced by LTFRB (Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ) last week affected many but especially women who are primarily responsible...
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Women: Never give up in fighting against VAW!
We do not know her but all of us in Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) feel so sad and outraged about the death of 19-year old UPLB coed Given Grace Cebanico.
She was raped and murdered. Her perpetrators tormented her: her mouth gagged, her hands tied, her body bruised and stabbed. Her underwear was missing and her bra was torn. She was even shot. She had a bright future. As what her Facebook account revealed, she was a DOST scholar and was expected to graduate with honors. Suddenly...
4Ps: Disempowering women – CWR study
“While it correctly targeted the poorest of the poor, 4Ps or CCT creates a culture of dependence; and this dependence is disempowering,” according to the latest study of the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institution.
Conducting research studies on women since 1982, CWR has released its latest study on 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) or Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). This is the first of a series in monitoring the impact of the program. “In...
Women's Appeal to Aquino: AIM FOR JUSTICE, TOO
“Women are watching not Aquino’s objective to marry but Aquino’s action for justice to indemnify victims of human rights violations,” stated the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institution for women, in reaction to President Aquino’s goal of getting married before his term ends in 2016.
“There is nothing wrong of planning for his personal happiness but as the president of the country, his plan should not just be for his own happiness. He should also think...
Services for Menopausal and Elderly women: What critics fail to see in the RH Bill
“It’s not just about giving birth but it is also about growing old. It is the full cycle of a woman’s life,” declares a study of the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institute for women, on the debate about the passing of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill entitled, “An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health, and Population Development of 2011.”
According to the CWR report, the debate focuses mainly on...
Child Labor: Indication of Increasing Poverty in the Country - CWR study
“As the government program on private-partner ownership intensifies, the number of children working increases,” states a study of the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institute for women. This is CWR’s explanation on the latest US Department of Labor report, "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor," where the Philippines has been mentioned as one of the countries with the worst form of child labor from unpaid agricultural work to sex tourism.
The...
PAL’s policy: A Violation of Magna Carta of Women
Discrimination! Cry the flight attendants and stewards of the Philippine Airlines when the company has decided to lessen the retirement age and benefits for women flight attendants especially those hired after 1998. Instead of the compulsory retirement age of 55 years old for female flight attendants and 60 to male flight attendants, it will be adjusted to 40 for both male and female.
As a result, the Flight Attendants' & Stewards' Association of the Philippines (FASAP), union of...