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Women. Woman. A woman is an adult female human being usually used for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. Biological Definition.
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Woman A woman is an adult female human being usually used for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent.
Biological Definition In terms of biology, the female sex organs are involved in the reproductive system, whereas the secondary sex characteristics are involved in nurturing children or, in some cultures, attracting a mate.
Womanhood Womanhood is the period in a female's life after she has transitioned from girlhood, at least physically.
Feminism Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements, theories and philosophies which are concerned with the issue of gender difference, that advocate equality for women, and that campaign for women's rights and interests.
Liberal Feminism • Asserts the equality of men and women through political and legal reform. • It is an individualistic form of feminism, • Focuses on women’s ability to show and maintain their equality through actions and choices. • Uses the personal interactions between men and women as the place from which to transform society.
Radical Feminism • Women can free themselves only when they have done away with what they consider an inherently oppressive and dominating system. • Feel that there is a male-based authority and power structure and that it is responsible for oppression and inequality. • Some see no alternatives other than the total uprooting and reconstruction of society in order to achieve their goals.
Black Feminism • Argues that sexism, class oppression, and racism are inextricably bound together. • Forms of feminism that strive to overcome sexism and class oppression but ignore race can discriminate against many people, including women, through racial bias.
Women’s Rights The term Women’s Rights refers to the freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized, ignored or suppressed by law, custom, and behavior in a particular society.
Divided by classes / castes • Only the elites are given proper training but not education • Are seen as merely tools • Respect is earned if they sided with the friars or marry a “peninsulares” or “insulares”
Women during the American Period • Liberalized Filipino women • Education was received • Exploitation
Women during the Japanese Period • Abused Women • Comfort Women
Post – occupation Period • Still dominated and unequally treated • Allowed employment but not managerial jobs • “Glass ceiling” • Crimes
Present • Women’s rights are recognized • Priority is given • Fighter • Represented • Discrimination is lesser
Violence • Violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women. • Targets a specific group with the victim's gender as a primary motive. • Women are more likely to be victimized by someone that they are intimate with,"Intimate Partner Violence" or (IPV). • The impact of domestic violence can be understood through the example that 40-70% of murders of women are committed by their husband or boyfriend.
Types of Violence • Domestic violence • "Intimate Partner Violence" or (IPV) • not always perpetrated as a form of physical violence but can also be psychological and verbal • State violence • Sex slavery • Violence in empowerment systems
Inequality • Gender inequality refers to the obvious or hidden disparities among individuals based on performance of gender • Income disparities in job stratification • Stereotyping • Gender roles at home
Prostitution • Prostitution is sexual activity in exchange for money. • The legal status of prostitution varies greatly between different countries, from being punishable by death to being completely legal. • Prostitution or being a prostitute is a legal profession in Thailand.
Abortion • Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. • In the Philippines, abortion is not legal due to our faith. • In other countries (USA) this is as legal as any other medical procedure.
Crimes Against Women • Rape • Sexual Harassment • Acts of Lasciviousness • Incest
Philippine Laws • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) • New Family Code of 1987 affirms women's right to own property and to contract employment and credit without the need of their husbands' consent.
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 guarantees equal rights to land ownership, equal shares of the farm's produce, and representation in advisory or appropriate decision-making bodies to qualified women of the agricultural work force • Legislation of 1990 mandates the establishment of day care centers in every village to free women for other activities such as farming or attending extension and other meetings.
The Women in Development and Nation Building Act of 1992 provides equal access to resources, including credit and training. It also requires the allocation of a substantial portion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to support programmes and activities for women. • Commonwealth Act No. 647 an Act to grant maternity leaves to married women.
Gabriela General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action ーIn honor of Gabriella Silang
Gabriela • Seek to transform women into an organized political force. • a movement dealing distinctly with the problems of women as women, working to free women from all forms of economic and political oppression and discrimination, sexual violence and abuse, neglect and denial of their health and reproductive rights • a movement integral to the national liberation struggle for sovereignty, a democratic and representative government and equality between women and men in all aspects of life • a vital movement to harness the power of half of the country's population towards liberation
Isis International ーNamed after the Egyptian GoddessIsis
Isis International • is a feminist NGO committed to creating spaces within information and communications structures and systems that promote the many voices of women, particularly those from the South. • Phenomena of globalisation, gender, ethnicity and religion that intersect and impact on women’s lives.
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
DSWD • Participates in addressing issues of (UN-CEDAW)United Nations – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women。 • National Family Violence Prevention Program which teaches family members to protect themselves against violence and manage peaceful resolution of conflict within the family.
review, evaluate, and recommend measures, including priorities to ensure the full integration of women for economic, social and cultural development at national, regional and international levels, and to ensure further equality between women and men.”
Programs ofNCRFW • Organizing women into a nationwide movement called "Balikatan sa Kaunlaran" (shoulder-to-shoulder in development). • Conducting policy studies and lobbying for the issuance of executive and legislative measures concerning women • Establishing a clearinghouse and information center on women • Monitoring the implementation of the UNーCEDAW
