Statement of the CHR Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Center on the acts of discrimination committed against a transgender guest speaker during a graduation ceremony
Uphold non-discrimination: LGBTQI rights are human rights. As the country celebrates Pride Month, the Commission as Gender Ombud takes the occasion to reiterate that all persons are born equal in dignity and rights. A persons’ sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression should never be the basis of stigma and discrimination. We note with concern the […]
Statement of the CHR Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights – Gender Ombud celebrates law against child marriage; alarmed of BTA members’ plea for veto
The Commission on Human Rights, as the Country’s Gender Ombud, celebrates the passage of Republic Act No. 11596, also known as an Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage. The passage of the Act is a gender equality and child rights milestone, establishing the Country’s commitment in abolishing traditional and cultural practices and structures that […]
Statement of CHR Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights on the decision of the Court of Appeals declaring Mandaluyong City’s riding-in-tandem ordinances unconstitutional
The Commission welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeals in declaring unconstitutional the Mandaluyong Ordinance prohibiting riding in tandem. In Garcia vs. Drilon (Garcia vs. Drilon, G.R. 179267, June 25, 2013. 699 SCRA 352), when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children, the Court’s decision relied on […]