SENATE OFFICE, Manila, May 2, 2011-In the recent study that women are more at risk of losing their jobs in the midst of ensuing economic crisis, Senator Edgardo J. Angara called the government and private sector institutions that there should be equal opportunities in the labor force and should develop and strictly implement gender fair policies to protect women workers and to promote opportunities for women's economic empowerment.
The International Labor Organization and the World Bank analysis revealed that female workers are more vulnerable to job loss, being seen as only the secondary or supplementary providers of income for households in Asia-Pacific countries.
Angara said that around 45 percent of working age women in Asia do not have regular employment compared to only 19 percent of men, citing that the Philippines has the number of female employees may be considered high where there’s a significant difference between men and women’s representation in the labor force, adding that the area of labor and employment, women should not be discriminated in the civil, cultural and political spheres, and should be provided with laws and practices that would expand their capacities and opportunities for development.
In 2009, Angara had passed the Magna Carta for Women otherwise known as the Republic Act No. 9710 where it serves as a bill of rights enumerating all forms of discrimination against women and recommending special measures to achieve the country’s gender equality which he authored. (Jason de Asis)
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That is favor to us as women working here in the Philippines. Equality in gender prove that everybody has the right in this democratic country.
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