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Filipino women's issues discussed presidential elections draw.

Publication: WE!
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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As the Philippine presidential elections draw near, women are making sure that politicians are clearly informed of women's demands and expectations of the country's next leader.

Women's basic needs were presented in the forum Ulat Lila (or Purple Report), sponsored by the Center for Lila...

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...Women's Resources (CWR). Entitled "Ulat 2004--What Women Want (For Election 2004): Jobs, Food, and Social Services," the forum enumerated the incumbent president's promises in terms of jobs, food and social services. A presentation also assessed whether or not these promises have been met and what still needs to be done. The forum took place at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines on 02 March 2004.

According to the 2003 women's situationer researched by CWR, Filipino women's basic needs have not been met. Gertrudes Ranjo-Libang, CWR's executive director, said incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has neglected these aspects in her two-year term....

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