Filipino women have figured prominently in history, and an exquisite coffee-table book chronicles their achievements.
Entitled A Legacy of Hope and Triumph, the book details via text and images how members of the National Federation of Women's Clubs in the Philippines (NFWCP) led in shaping Philippine history as we know it.
NFWCP, a non-stock, non-profit organization, was formed in 1921 by Filipino and American members of the Manila Women's Club to unite Filipino women through the promotion of their general welfare, for mutual understanding and cooperation, and to prepare and equip them to become more effective participants in national development efforts.
Dedicated to the women who have graced the pages of history, from ancient to modern times.
Showing posts with label filipino women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filipino women. Show all posts
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Book: A Legacy of Hope and Triumph
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Women Heads ARMM Assembly
From the Inquirer:
It was the domain of men from the start. But on Thursday, a woman was catapulted to the helm of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Tawi-Tawi Assemblywoman Rejie Sahali-Generale was voted in as speaker of the 25-member RLA, replacing Maguindanao Assemblyman Pike Mentang, a veteran regional lawmaker.
The lady legislator's ascension to the top RLA post as its 12th speaker is believed to be a rare case in what has been in recent tradition a male-dominated Muslim society.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Magna Carta of Women - Update
From the Daily Tribune:
"A lawmaker from Iloilo yesterday accused her colleagues of attempting to derail the passage of the Magna Carta of Women even as she said that the move did not succeed.
Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin revealed that Parañaque Rep. Eduardo Zialcita and Deputy Speaker for Visayas Cebu Rep. Raul Del Mar tried but failed to insert some provisions that would allow educational institutions to terminate and refuse employment or enrolment to women who become pregnant out of wedlock.
Earlier, the Commission on Human Rights said the Magna Carta of Women would ensure that women and girls would have the same rights as men and boys in civil, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of life.
The CHR maintained that aside from ensuring that laws are not biased against women, laws should also be crafted to specifically protect women’s rights and promote the development of their well-being."
"A lawmaker from Iloilo yesterday accused her colleagues of attempting to derail the passage of the Magna Carta of Women even as she said that the move did not succeed.
Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin revealed that Parañaque Rep. Eduardo Zialcita and Deputy Speaker for Visayas Cebu Rep. Raul Del Mar tried but failed to insert some provisions that would allow educational institutions to terminate and refuse employment or enrolment to women who become pregnant out of wedlock.
Earlier, the Commission on Human Rights said the Magna Carta of Women would ensure that women and girls would have the same rights as men and boys in civil, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of life.
The CHR maintained that aside from ensuring that laws are not biased against women, laws should also be crafted to specifically protect women’s rights and promote the development of their well-being."
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Film, Women & Islam
From the Inquirer:
"With its harrowing scenes of rape and abuse and its rousing calls for equality, a new film on the oppression of women in Islamic societies is courting controversy in Indonesia.
The film, "Perempuan Berkalung Sorban" (Woman with a Scarf Around her Neck), by local filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo is the latest Islam-inspired movie to ride the wave of a cinematic revival in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
The film, which is based on a 2001 book by Abidah El-Khaliqey, tells the story of the rebellion of Anissa, the headstrong and intelligent daughter of the head of an Islamic boarding school on Java island.
But Indonesia's women's minister Meutia Hatta said the film is an important tool to correct centuries of tradition, and the creeping influence of religious hardliners drawing inspiration from the Middle East."
"With its harrowing scenes of rape and abuse and its rousing calls for equality, a new film on the oppression of women in Islamic societies is courting controversy in Indonesia.
The film, "Perempuan Berkalung Sorban" (Woman with a Scarf Around her Neck), by local filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo is the latest Islam-inspired movie to ride the wave of a cinematic revival in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
The film, which is based on a 2001 book by Abidah El-Khaliqey, tells the story of the rebellion of Anissa, the headstrong and intelligent daughter of the head of an Islamic boarding school on Java island.
But Indonesia's women's minister Meutia Hatta said the film is an important tool to correct centuries of tradition, and the creeping influence of religious hardliners drawing inspiration from the Middle East."
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