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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

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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