CURRENT SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

EDUCATION -higher participation rate -better cohort survival rate -completion rate is also higher -examinees scored better

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHERIES -hired workers in agriculture is lower -more unpaid female family workers -more men than women employed in forest based industries as well as in the fisheries

WOMEN IN MINDANAO -hired workers in agriculture is lower -more unpaid female family workers -more men than women employed in forest based industries as well as in the fisheries -Moro and Lumad women are the poorest and most disadvantaged -victims of the long running conflict -resilient survivors as well -considered as minorities within minorities -had the least number of deliveries

POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LIFE -already allowed to vote and stand for election -already been elected into Parliament -played significant roles -occupied high position in the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women -more female employees than males in the Philippine government bureaucracy -women are predominant professional in government -produced two women Presidents -ranked 14th out of 128 countries, in terms of political empowerment

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -prevented from entering the labor force because of the gender role stereotyping -have slightly higher unemployment rate -women have parity to men in senior management roles

HEALTH Following factors that lead to poor health among Filipino women: -low social status of women -reproductive risks -inadequate gender-responsive services and facilities for women -environmental hazards and contaminants -increased participation of women in the workforce