Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:20:54 +0000
Senator Sonny Angara lauded on Friday the enactment of expanded maternity leave into law, saying it proves that the Philippines is the best country to champion women’s rights.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:28:18 +0000
Women’s rights advocates and workers’ groups hailed a new law that almost doubled the number of days for maternity leave as a major victory for families that would greatly benefit mothers and their babies, and ensure a future generation of healthy and productive Filipinos.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:48:16 +0000
Party-list groups Gabriela and Akbayan have hailed the “much-awaited” signing of the expanded maternity leave for workers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:48:25 +0000
New Hampshire’s highest court upheld Friday the conviction of three women who were arrested for going topless on a beach, finding their constitutional rights were not violated.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:07:54 +0000
Women experts must be allowed to help in fighting terrorism, Marawi civic leader Samira Gutoc said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:30:29 +0000
Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sight to the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis — and that it now has a reckoning from the #MeToo movement.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:30:06 +0000
Pelosi behind and above. Female immigrants, gazing down from the balcony. A black woman who ran a close race for governor of Georgia, rebutting.
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Credit to Author: Malak Abas| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:09:30 +0000
Non-profit, donation-run Ikwe Safe Rides is an alternative to taxis powered by Indigenous women.
Read moreCredit to Author: kmatriano| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:54:16 +0000
Two women who enraged conservatives by entering one of Hinduism’s holiest temples have asked India’s highest court for round-the-clock police protection, saying their lives are in danger.
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