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SDG Blog 4: Gender inequality in Philippines

    In 2015, United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve with its member. Among those Sustainable Development Goals, I chose number 5 (Achieve Gender’s equality and empower women). Violence against women in Asia is high and severe. More than 37% of women in South Asia, 40% of women in South East Asia, and 68% of women in the Pacific have experienced abuse from their partners (Focus Areas: End Violence against Women, n.d.).  

   The Philippines is located in South East Asia. It is an island country with 107,418,655 people. It is also the thirteenth most populated country (Where Is the Philippines in the World? n.d.). The Philippines has also accepted the global goal to end all forms of violence and injustice against women. The SDG 5 targets of the UN consist of multiple indicators like women participation in politics, decision making, education level, eliminate all the harmful practices such as child marriage, forced marriage, female genital mutilation (David et al., 2018).  The Philippines has passed an active agenda and legislation to protect women's rights. Some of the legislation includes setting targets for increasing the participation of women in high-level government positions and governing councils at the local level, expanding the coverage of maternity benefits, penalizing discrimination on the basis of gender, and protecting women and girls against violence. Its implementing rules provide for a governance structure for the monitoring of gender equality goals, i.e., the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the enforcement and governance of gender and women protections and participation across all levels of government. 

References: 

Focus areas: End violence against women. (n.d.). UN Women | Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved March 18, 2021, from https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/focus-areas/end-violence-against-women.

Where is the Philippines in the World? (n.d.). World Population Review. Retrieved March 19, 2021, from https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-locations/where-is-philippines.

David, C. C., Albert, J. R. G., & Vizmanos, J. F. V. (2018). Sustainable development goal 5: How does the Philippines fare on gender equality? Econstor. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/211005/1/1019139617.pdf




    

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