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The Philippines is Home Female Inventors

In 2021, the worldwide average number of female inventors was only 17 per cent. However, in Cuba, the number of inventor applicants that were female was over 50 per cent. In the Philippines, the number of applicants that were female stood at 38 per cent.

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Published at 2023-06-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, People, Technology

Tags: Philippines, inventors, women

Philippines Sees Nearly 2,500 Maternal Deaths in 2021: UN Agency

At least 2,478 women died due to childbirth in the Philippines in 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Philippines said Sunday, expressing concern about the rising number of maternal deaths. "In the Philippines, we noticed an increase of maternal deaths during the past years: in 2019, 1,458 women died of maternal causes; this number increased to 2,478 in 2021," UNFPA Philippines said.

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Published at 2023-05-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Health, News and Events

Tags: childbirth, women

WWII Sex Slave Survivors Reject Compensation Move

Two of some 10 victims forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II and still alive in the Philippines have dismissed a proposed compensation package saying money is useless at their age. “What can I do with so much money at my age? I can only keep them for my grandchildren,” Narcisa Claveria, 92, told UCA News.

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Published at 2023-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : History, Legal, News and Events

Tags: Japanese, Rights, country, government, women

‘Pastillas’ Scam ‘mafia’ Tagged in Trafficking of Filipino Women

The group at the Bureau of Immigration allegedly behind the controversial “pastillas” scam was tagged in another scheme, this time, involving the outbound trafficking of Filipino women to Syria.

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Published at 2021-03-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, News and Events

Tags: Filipino, country, immigration, women

Nearly 20M Filipino Women Now 'economically Insecure'

Nearly a year since the lockdown has been imposed, a women’s research center said the number of economically-insecure Filipino women has climbed by 3.5 million, following the loss of jobs, absence of due social protection, and the continuing neoliberal policies that have long been detrimental to the poor even before the pandemic.

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Published at 2021-03-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events, People, Society

Tags: COVID-19, poverty, women

PH Family Planning Avoided 2.8-M Unintended Pregnancies, 669,000 Abortions

The Philippines’ strengthened family planning program was able to prevent around 2.8 million unintended pregnancies in 2019, which also resulted in avoiding 669,000 unsafe abortions due to early pregnancy and 1,470 possible maternal deaths.

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Published at 2020-12-03 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Health, Society

Tags: Health, family, government, women

Our Lockdown with Tao and the ‘Lost Boys’ of Palawan

When President Rodrigo Duterte announced the Covid-19 lockdown and enhanced community quarantines, our family was blessed to be in Palawan. From a remote island, we made our way to the Tao Philippines main basecamp. Tao is a community that is addressing all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Published at 2020-06-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Travel

Tags: Bamboo, Education, Energy, Island, Island, Nature, Palawan, climate, environment, farming, fishing, forest, locals, plastic, women

BI Intercepts 3 Women in Naia Bound for HK to Work as Bar Girls

Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) have foiled another human trafficking attempt after they intercepted three women who were allegedly recruited to work as bar girls in Hong Kong.

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Published at 2020-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Legal, News and Events

Tags: women

Women Are the Future of Philly's Food Scene

Traditionally, historically (and for all the wrong reasons), professional kitchens have been a man’s game. But times change, and so has the industry. Now, women restaurateurs, chefs, front-of-the-house pros and food artisans are reimagining the way we eat. Here’s how they’re navigating the food scene. And here’s how they’re making an impact.

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Published at 2020-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society

Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, Pork, Workers, industry, restaurant, women, women

Women Are the Future of Philly's Food Scene

Traditionally, historically (and for all the wrong reasons), professional kitchens have been a man’s game. But times change, and so has the industry. Now, women restaurateurs, chefs, front-of-the-house pros and food artisans are reimagining the way we eat. Here’s how they’re navigating the food scene. And here’s how they’re making an impact.

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Published at 2020-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society

Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, Pork, Workers, industry, restaurant, women, women

On This Day: Death Came from Sky in Biggest Sea Battle

In March 1942 US General Douglas MacArthur had been changing trains at Terowie, 220km from Adelaide, when he gave his famous impromptu speech about Allied strategy. In it he talked about the relief of the Philippines being a priority, uttering his best known quote: “I shall return”.

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Published at 2019-10-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, History

Tags: Australia, Japanese, Leyte, MacArthur, Workers, children, women

Philippines Police Order 'indecent Foreigner' to Cover Up Her Bikini Bottoms Wit

This is the moment a tourist was pulled over by police in the Philippines for riding pillion on a motorbike in skimpy bikini bottoms and ordered to cover up.

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Published at 2018-04-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Police, women

Why Women Rule Pampanga

In the 1300s and 1400s, powerful women with names like Panginuan ("the Revered One”) and Sasamban (“the Worshipped One”) were already enjoying co-ruler status with their husbands in the ancient Kapampangan-Tagalog communities around the Pampanga and Pasig rivers.

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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, History

Tags: Pampanga, women

Watch out World: Engineer Elaine Serina Leads the Way for Women

Dr. Elaine Serina, mechanical engineer, bio-mechanics company founder, wife, mother and community advocate knows how to make the world safer and more secure. She is the principal partner of Talas Engineering, a San Francisco Bay Area company which evaluates accidents. Talas in Filipino means sharp. The company uses science, specifically physics and engineering, to figure out how unfortunate incidents happen.

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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People

Tags: women

Woman of Colors

At times, the most unexpected of moments can provide us with the most bliss. While we seek to plan out our lives as much as possible, there are individuals we meet or sudden occurrences that can redirect our efforts towards something totally different, something new. These twists of fate can often turn out to be blessings in the end.

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Published at 2018-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, People

Tags: women