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

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

3. CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

4. RELIGION

5.  Fertility Rate (2010): 3.1  Contraception Prevalence (2006-2010): 51%  Abortion is illegal FACTORS AFFECTING FAMILY SIZE

6.  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

7. STATUS IN SOCIETY

8.  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

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

10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

11.  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

12.  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

13. HEALTH

14.  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

15.  Antenatal care coverage once (2006-2010): 91%  Antenatal care coverage 4 times+: 78%  Delivery care coverage; skilled attendant at birth: 62%  Delivery care coverage; institutional delivery: 44% HEALTHCARE

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

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