Throughout the country's history, women have taken active roles not just in farming, but also in the development of agricultural science in the Philippines. Numerous women scientists and researchers dedicated their lives to understanding and providing much-needed information to help propagate local agriculture.
Filipino female scientists with remarkable contributions in medicine and education
When an imbalance in the system debarred women the right to knowledge and rendered them mere household figures, their skills and passion were obscured by male dominance and patriarchy as they tried to enter STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) or any seemingly gender-biased field. Based on research studies, man and woman could pitch the same pitch but the former would hog the credits, funding, and application 70 percent of the time. As this system went on, a lot of skilled women shied away at the first from entering an already male-dominated field, resulting to non-diversity in the workforce.