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28 kwi 2023 · Philippines society is facing numerous social issues that need urgent and prompt solutions, including poverty and inequality, corruption, education inequities, health care inequalities, substance abuse issues related to women and children, and violence against Filipino migrants or overseas workers – these being among the significant problems ...
The human rights situation in the Philippines remains dire amid extrajudicial killings, attacks against political activists and journalists, and abuses committed during the armed conflict with...
Death Penalty. Covid-19. Key International Actors. The human rights situation in the Philippines deteriorated in 2020. President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous “war on drugs,” ongoing since he...
Human Rights Watch research in the past year shows that the killing of breadwinners has resulted in psycho-social trauma and economic hardships for affected families, with many children having...
MANILA, November 24, 2022 – Policies that support employment and workers, raise education quality and improve access, boost rural development, and strengthen social protection can reduce inequality, thus enhancing Filipino peoples’ chances for improving their well-being.
26 kwi 2021 · Philippines: Country faces health and human rights crisis one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine government must urgently address the country’s COVID-19 crisis with reports of thousands having struggled to access adequate healthcare, said Amnesty International today.
24 lis 2022 · The Philippines has made significant progress in reducing poverty, but income inequality has only recently begun to fall. Thanks to high growth rates and structural transformation, between 1985 and 2018 poverty fell by two-thirds.
