The Rise of Women’s Political and Entrepreneurial Power in Asia’s growing Economies - International Reports
Asset Publisher
International Reports
The Rise of Women’s Political and Entrepreneurial Power in Asia’s growing Economies
by
Dr Carolina Hernandez
Insights from the Philippines
Although the Philippines is perceived as diverging from the regional norm in regard to the role of women in society generally speaking, it shares some of the disadvantages suffered by women elsewhere in the Asian region on account of gender. Even at present, Filipino women remain disadvantaged in the country’s laws pertaining to persons and family relations, for example.