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Speech On Women's Rights
Speech On Women's Rights
Philippine Constitution
1987
Rights Protected:
1. Protection from all forms of violence, including those committed by
the State
2. Protection and security in times of disaster, calamities, and other
crisis situations
3. Participation and representation
4. Equal treatment before the law
5. Equal access and elimination of discrimination against women in
education, scholarships, and training
6. Equal participation in sports
7. Non-discrimination in employment in the field of military, police and
other similar services
8. Non-discriminatory and non-derogatory portrayal of women in media
and film
9. Comprehensive health services and health information and education
10. Leave benefits
11. Equal rights in all matters relating to marriage and family relations
Rights Protected:
1. Equality in capacity to act legal age
To borrow and obtain loans and execute security and credit
arrangements under the same conditions as men;
Equal access to all government and private sector programs
granting agricultural credit, loans and nonmaterial resources
and shall enjoy equal treatment in agrarian reform and land
resettlement programs;
Equal rights to act as incorporators and enter into insurance
contracts;
Equal rights to those of married men in applying for passports,
secure visas and other travel documents, without need to secure
the consent of their spouses.
In all other similar contractual relations, women shall enjoy
equal rights and shall have the capacity to act which shall in
every respect be equal to those of men under similar
circumstances.
Family Code
Husbands and wives are given the same rights and obligations. However, it
still provides that in case of conflict as to the fixing of the family domicile,
parental authority over the person and property of their children, the
husband's decision shall prevail. The wife may seek recourse from the
courts which is tedious, expensive and an impractical process.
Proclamation No. 227
Womens Role in History Month
March, 1988