The daughter of a tricycle driver in a poor village near the port of Zamboanga on the southern island of Mindanao, Diaz has not seen her family since December 2019.
President Duterte has a history of making controversial and specifically sexist statements in public.
One thing we would never expect a country’s leader to do is encourage sexual abuse, that too proudly from a podium. But this is exactly what Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has done. Duterte, who isn’t a stranger to controversies, bragged about sexually assaulting a maid in his teens. During a speech in the city of […]
Farming is physically and mentally challenging, and for women, it can be all the more so. However, their conditions can be improved if they get the right kind of the training. To train them and make them learn about new techniques, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has selected eight women rice farmers. These eight […]
In an interview, Sushmita Sen reveals the hours before the Miss Universe finale, her inhibitions, what it means to be a single mother, and also what being a woman really means to her.
