poverty

“Economic deprivation and political persecution are far worse forms of violence against women affecting more than 60% of the Filipino women population, on top of sexual and physical forms of violence. A million women could not find work and thousands of them are forced to leave their children and families to work in foreign countries. Three women were murdered in 2010 because of their political beliefs. Violence against women has taken on a new dimension with the increasing number of Filipinos having access to the internet.”  read more »

“Nagiging mas marami, mas malala at higit pang karumaldumal ang mga kaso ng karahasan sa kababaihan. The incidence of crime and violence victimizing women and children intensifies and proliferates. Moreover, these cases of violence are becoming more brutal and more heinous.”  read more »

“The continuing plague of poverty and joblessness makes the poor more vulnerable to the effects of inflation. Women suffer more because she is traditionally the keeper of the purse. Isipin mo kung paano sila magbabadyet samantalang wala naman silang pera?” said Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Emmi De Jesus on the NSO report that the buying power of Filipinos has gone down by two centavos as the rise in prices of goods and services eroded the peso's real value.  read more »

“Ang pagpapautang ng $1B sa International Monetary Fund para diumano tumulong sa pagsalba ng bumabagsak na ekonomya ng mundo ay sukdulan na ng pagyurak ng Pangulo sa dangal ng mahihirap na Pilipino. It is the height of his pagpapalapad ng papel at the expense of the poor,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on President Aquino’s pledge to pitch in $1 billion (P42.26 billion) from the country's international reserves to help bail out failing European economies.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said the Filipino women’s daily fare of poverty, hunger and increasing maternal deaths due to inaccessibility of healthcare easily debunks the WB report placing the Philippines sixth among 129 countries in gender equality.

“The WB report on gender equality is but a sorry attempt to create an illusion that the Filipino women’s quality of life has improved when it has in fact worsened. Mothers are dying every day,” said Ilagan.  read more »

“President Aquino has learned well his lesson in deception from ex-President Gloria Arroyo. We are all familiar with the previous administration’s penchant for tweaking statistics to desperately paint a rosy picture of her “achievements.” We now see this trickery being put to use by the Aquino administration as well in its reported increase in the employment rate,” GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus said on the NSO report that says the country’s employment rate improved in April 2012.  read more »

The failure of the Aquino Administration to reduce maternal mortality justifies an immediate review of its health care policies,” according to GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on the DOH report that the Philippines failed to reduce maternal mortality despite efforts and interventions.  read more »

“Hunger and unrest is inevitable in a country where government policies reveal an indifference to poverty. President Aquino is courting unrest and disgusto by deliberately ignoring and refusing to prioritize measures that will give Filipino families much needed relief from the onslaught of poverty.”  read more »