The P25-fare hike for railway MRT is a telling sign of more hard life for women, according to the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institute.
“The proposed fare hike is not only unjust, it is insensitive to the conditions of the people and partial only to big business and foreign capital,” said Jojo Guan, the executive director of CWR. “Increasing the cost of public transportation will be borne by ordinary citizens, along with the incessant rise of prices...
The labor export policy and lack of job opportunities in the country should be blamed for brain drain, says the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), an independent research and training institute for women. This is the explanation of CWR following the recent en masse resignation of 25 veteran PAL pilots in pursuit of job security and the discovery of the flight of several high-profile weather forecast experts abroad which have impaired disaster management efforts.
CWR Executive...
One woman dies in every two hours due to childbirth. Eleven women die every day or 4,600 every year caused by severe hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, sepsis and complications brought by obstructed labor and abortion. Almost half of child’s death aged five below happens during the first 28 days of the baby. Such statistics make the Philippines one of the 68 countries that comprises 97% of maternal, neonatal and child health deaths in the world, according to a research and training...
Seven out of ten overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) going out of the country everyday are women and their votes can be a significant support for a candidate, according to the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institute for women.
Based on the past elections, more women have voted than men, comprising 51% of the actual voters. “If the trend continues for the 2010 election, then women voters – wherever they are – play a significant role to make or break a...
Despite 37 laws and policies, including the latest Magna Carta of Women, violence against women increased by 21%, according to a study of the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institute for women. Every day, 19 women are battered and two women are raped. The numbers are more alarming when it comes to cases of violence against children. Nine of them are raped and six to seven are beaten every day.
“This is an alarming trend since six years after RA 9262 was...
Ramdam ang kaunlaran.
This has been the claim of Mrs. Gloria Arroyo for the past eight years in her State of the Nation Addresses (SONA). But according to Center for Women's Resources (CWR), a research and training institution for women, the current situation of women belies Mrs. Arroyo's claim that progress is indeed felt.
A survey conducted by CWR from January to June 2009 in selected areas from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao shows that women and their families have been...
Mother’s Day is not only about which mall is on sale or which restaurant mothers can dine out cheap with their families. Contrary to assumption that Hallmark owns the inspiration for Mother’s Day, this significant day is historically a day for women’s united action towards a healthy and peaceful society.
In the Philippines, the celebration of Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of the month of May is largely influenced by the American history of the celebration. Though the practice of...
