CNN’s profile of Kellyanne Conway gets social media blowback

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:57:28 +0000

CNN’s profile of Kellyanne Conway gets social media blowback

NEW YORK — CNN’s Dana Bash is learning the perils of doing personality profiles in a political city that’s always on a war footing. She’s received a social media roasting this week for featuring White House adviser Kellyanne Conway as part of her ongoing feature series, “Badass Women of Washington.” It was first distributed online […]

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Hontiveros to Duterte: Degrading women not freedom of expression

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:01:50 +0000

Hontiveros to Duterte: Degrading women not freedom of expression

Degrading women is not freedom of expression, Senator Risa Hontiveros asserted as she tagged President Rodrigo Duterte the country’s “chief misogynist.”

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Gabriela to Duterte: Why would women take your advice?

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:15:31 +0000

The Gabriela Women’s Party on Sunday asked President Rodrigo Duterte why women should follow his advice that they should stay away from priests.

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8,000 Isabela women gather for Int’l Women’s Month

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 09:59:47 +0000

8,000 Isabela women gather for Int'l Women’s Month

About 8,000 women marched, danced and spoke out for their rights to health and better services in celebration of International Women’s Month

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World designed for men constantly fails women

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:30:56 +0000

A “gender data gap” is making the lives of women around the world more dangerous from the misdiagnosis of heart attacks to ill-fitting protective equipment, according to a new book published this week in Britain.

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International Women’s Day: Philippines hailed for narrowed gender gap, but . . .

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:46 +0000

International Women’s Day: Philippines hailed for narrowed gender gap, but . . .

As the world marked International Women’s Day on Friday, a United Nations official commended the Philippines for narrowing the gap between women and men when it comes to rights and opportunities, but also noted that more efforts were needed to reduce childbirth-related deaths as well as incidents of sexual and physical violence among women and girls.

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Execs in abuse of girls, women seen adding to impunity

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:15:54 +0000

The case of Gemma, a Grade 10 student in a public school here, could exemplify what a woman’s rights advocate called growing impunity abetted by public officials involved in abuses themselves and “casual remarks” made by leaders that belittle women.

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Angara wife leads rites honoring 4 women in Baguio

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:03:41 +0000

Four women leaders in the city were recognized by the local government during the International Women’s Day celebration here on Friday.

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