As June kicks off, you may notice a rainbow takeover. From online to your local high street, businesses, organizations, institutions, and services are showing their support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, plus (LGBT+) community for Pride Month 2023. FMA released a key message that breach of privacy poses real Read more
Today in Herstory Photo Source: Senator Risa Hontiveros Facebook Page THREE (3) YEARS AGO, Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed the lapsing into law of a proposed measure that penalizes catcalling, wolf-whistling and other forms of gender-based street harassment against women and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. She described Read more
We’re In The News “In the Philippines, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) reported that the most prevalent cases of online gender-based violence in 2021 are the non-consensual distribution of intimate images (48.00%), threats of violence or blackmail (41.33%), and deleting, changing, or faking personal data (22.67%).” inquirer.net What we gather this Read more
Last March 10, 2023, FMA attended and paneled the UN CS267 side event titled Cybersafe Against Fake News in New York, USA. Watch Ms Liza Garcia of FMA talk about women and girls’ safety online amid rampant information disorder here! The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place Read more
Check what we have gathered this March: Southeast Asia business group offers help in developing MSMEs in PHThe pledge of assistance was made during the series of meetings of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) with top Philippine government officials as part of the continuation Read more
The syndicated estafa case is the most recent of the acts of harassment against them since they were ejected from the land they till in October 2022, according to a statement of Katarungan, a support and advocacy group on peasant and land rights.
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This is a press release from Out of The Box Media Literacy Initiative. In celebration of Safer Internet Day, non-government organization Out of The Box Media Literacy (OOTB) named 3 high school students as winners for its “Take Ctrl ⇧ Shift Habits” essay writing contest on Tuesday, February 7. The Read more
Check what we have gathered this February: Check what we have gathered this February: Lawmakers ratify entry to world’s largest trade pact Philippine lawmakers approved Tuesday the country’s entry into the world’s biggest free trade bloc, with supporters arguing it will boost investment and jobs, but detractors warned it could Read more
JANUARY 2023 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines The Women and ICT Development Index (WIDI) survey, which surveyed 26,719 households in the country, showed 84.9% of women and girls aged 15 years and over were mainly using their smartphones as information communication technology (ICT) Read more