The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, chaired by Senator Risa Hontiveros, held its first Senate Public Hearing on the so-called Tres Maria bills – Anti-Rape Act, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill, and the Gender-Based Electronic Violence, on December 12, 2016. “The measure of these three Read more
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, women with painted faces and bodies performed a warrior dance at noon today in Quezon City. Filling the streets around the World Scout Jamboree roundabout in Timog, the women denounced the violenceof the current administration, and the institutional Read more
Foundation for Media Alternatives, in partnership with the Commission on Human Rights and with the cooperation of the National Privacy Commission and the Department of Information and Communications Technology, conducted its third national workshop on surveillance on 18 November 2016 at the DICT AVR. Entitled TIKTIK 3.0: Rise of a Philippine Read more
Taguig City – Greenpeace-Philippines partnered with various non-profit organizations, like-minded groups and artists, such as Ban Toxics, Ecowaste Coalition, Foundation for Media Alternatives, Medecins du Monde, Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc., and UP Circuit’s The E-Waste Project to start engaging the ICT sector and the general public on the issue of e-waste, Read more
The COMELEC’s Gender and Development (GAD) Group on Policy Studies (GAD-GPS) together with civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations launched a series of public discussions on initiatives to increase women participation in Philippine elections on October 19, 2016, 10:00 am the COMELEC Session Hall, 8/F Palacio del Gobernador Building, Intramuros, Manila. Read more
The National Privacy Commission has issued two Memorandum Circulars (MCs) this week, the first since the body was formed earlier in 2016. The first circular, MC No. 16-001, is on the Security of Personal Data in Government. The Circular applies to all government agencies engaged in the processing of personal Read more
ITU and UN Women select outstanding projects to empower women and girls through innovative technologies Geneva, 17 October 2016 ITU and UN Women announced today the fourteen finalists for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards to advance women’s participation in the ICT sector. This annual award honours outstanding projects and programmes around Read more
The Right to Know, Right Now (R2KRN) Coalition, a group of around 160 individuals and organizations advocating for the fulfillment of the people’s freedom of information, held a public forum on “FOI in the First 100 Days: Developments and Balance of Work” on Friday, 7 October 2016. Members of the Coalition delivered presentations on Read more
On September 12, 2016, World Wide Web Foundation officially announced and released the report cards that assess progress on closing the digital gender divide in ten countries:Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Colombia, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Gender Program of Foundation for Media Alternatives led the Philippine process. The Read more