Women's month Archives

Crisis upon crisis: teen pregnancies, child marriages amid the pandemic

By Klaire Ting | Mar 08, 2021 9:00 AM

Teen pregnancies and child marriages have been pressing concerns in the Philippines but the pandemic and the lockdown intended to curb it aggravated the problems, officials and rights advocates say.

Arts & Culture

Bontoc woman is a human rights icon

Mar 30, 2016 7:36 PM

By DESIREE CALUZA BAGUIO CITY— She is a mother to every Cordilleran. To many she is “Mother Petra.” With clenched fists, hers were the hands that nurtured the indigenous peoples’ aspiration to fight for their rights over their land. It is a battle she has been waging in Bontoc, Mt. Province since the dark days […]

Igorot, Macliing, mining, Mt. Province, Women's month