FRANCES YAMBAO & JACK BOSWELL A WOMAN’S PLACE: THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

Why is the index so high? What factors prevented the Philippines from achieving complete equality? OBJECTIVES

CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

RELIGION

 Fertility Rate (2010): 3.1  Contraception Prevalence ( ): 51%  Abortion is illegal FACTORS AFFECTING FAMILY SIZE

 Women still play an active role in the family, and decision- making  Are not expected to bring money into the house, but to manage it  Husbands generally leave the finance to their wives (eg. paying for groceries  ✔ Wife is given domain over purchases  ✖ Often reliant on the husband to provide financially (42% of women are in non-agricultural occupations) ROLE IN THE FAMILY

STATUS IN SOCIETY

 Equal rights as men  Various roles in the government including presidents, senators, congresswomen and mayors  Proven that they can carry out responsibilities and tasks just as well as males  (2010) 48 of the representatives elected in the 15 th Congress were women (22% of seats)  However, this number is not even close to the percentage of males in power EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

 Women have equal rights to inherit property  These rights have never been questioned LAND TENURE

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

 Adult literacy rate (% of males): 101%  Primary enrolment (% of males): 98%  Secondary enrolment (% of males): 109%  Survival to last year of primary (% of males): 107% EDUCATION

 Female urban migrants: 53%  Percentage working in domestic service: 91%  Percentage with professional and technical positions: 59.4%  Percentage working in Sales: 57.9%  In 1990, 64% of graduates were women, however, they held only 159 out of 982 top executive positions  Only 15% of top-level private sector positions were held by women EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH

 Female life expectancy (% of male): 110%  DUE TO:  Biologically, females tend to live longer than men  Women have equal rights to healthcare as men LIFE EXPECTANCY

 Antenatal care coverage once ( ): 91%  Antenatal care coverage 4 times+: 78%  Delivery care coverage; skilled attendant at birth: 62%  Delivery care coverage; institutional delivery: 44% HEALTHCARE

 Maternal mortality ratio (2008) : 94/100,000 COMPARED TO:  Ethiopia: 470/100,000  Australia: 95/100,000 EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTHCARE

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