[August Issue] Why Press Freedom Matters to Women and Gender Development?

August 30 was declared National Press Freedom Day under Republic Act 11699 to honor the father of  Philippine journalism, Marcelo H. Del Pilar.  Despite this Philippine government initiative, our press freedom is continuously under siege. The Philippines’ ranking in the World Press Freedom Index dropped this year, to nine places ending 147th Read more…

When sharing isn’t caring: how period trackers endanger women’s privacy

The rise of the femtech industry saw the emergence of different apps, services, and startups that make use of technology to deliver solutions to female-specific healthcare needs.  Among the innovations in women’s healthcare, period tracker apps have amassed an estimated 50 million users worldwide. In 2020 alone, period tracker app Read more…

[GenderScoop] June is Pride Month and the breach of privacy poses real risks to the LGBTQ+ community. 

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…

GenderScoop: UN Podcast’s Uniting Against Hate, CHR vows to pursue case vs ‘TNVS driver’ Harassment, Case Dismissal of NPC vs. Dado on FB’s Cambridge Analytica Issue

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…