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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [120] finds that the Philippines is fulfilling 79.0% of what it should be for the right to education based on the country's income level. [121] HRMI breaks down the right to education by examining the rights to both primary and secondary education.
October 14, 2017. (2017-10-14) (aged 96) Cebu, Philippines. Alma mater. University of San Carlos. Lourdes Quisumbing (February 13, 1921 – October 14, 2017) served as the Philippines' Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports from 1986 to 1989, under the presidency of Corazon Aquino. Prior to serving as Secretary, she was the president of ...
The Philippines ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on August 21, 1990. It also ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict on August 26, 2003, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography on ...
UNICEF Philippines. UNICEF Philippines is one of Philippine's offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ). Being one of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia [citation needed], it works to uphold the rights of children in the Philippines, including their right to education, healthcare, protection from abuse and exploitation.
The Philippines was one of the first Asian countries to allow this right for women. Education. Society in the Philippines values education very highly, especially for their children. It is understood to be the means by which personal and familial poverty can be averted -allowing for a more successful way of life.
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. Prior to colonization, both men and women could get a divorce for the following reasons: failure to meet family obligations, childlessness, and infidelity. Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce.
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provides universal access to methods of contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. While there is agreement about its ...