KUALA LUMPUR: The number of dengue fever cases in the 17th epidemiological week (ME17) from April 22 to 29 this year dropped by 102 cases or 5.4 per cent to 1,775 cases from 1,877 cases in the previous week.
ENSURE SAFE SPACES.Atty. Eric Paul Peralta, a legal expert on gender and development,discusses laws protecting men and women from sexual harassment in a Gender and Development Seminar (GAD) of theNews andInformation Bureau on Thursday (June 2, 2022). He saidgovernment agencies must lead theawareness campaign to ensure safe spaces for all. (PNA photo by Stephanie Sevillano) MANILA - Unwelcomed words and actions showing malice toward women, whether familiar or strange, remain a challenge in the country despite the existence of laws meant to protect women. In this reality, the administration, through the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), has been doubling initiatives to raise awareness on gender protection, sensitivity, and equality, especially in the workplace and the academe. But for a legal expert, top-down key persons in the government agencies still have a long way to go in securing "safe spaces" for women. Atty. Eric Paul Peralta, a legal expert on women's rights a
ENSURE SAFE SPACES.Atty. Eric Paul Peralta, a legal expert on gender and development,discusses laws protecting men and women from sexual harassment in a Gender and Development Seminar (GAD) of theNews andInformation Bureau on Thursday (June 2, 2022). He saidgovernment agencies must lead theawareness campaign to ensure safe spaces for all. (PNA photo by Stephanie Sevillano) MANILA - Unwelcomed words and actions showing malice toward women, whether familiar or strange, remain a challenge in the country despite the existence of laws meant to protect women. In this reality, the administration, through the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), has been doubling initiatives to raise awareness on gender protection, sensitivity, and equality, especially in the workplace and the academe. But for a legal expert, top-down key persons in the government agencies still have a long way to go in securing "safe spaces" for women. Atty. Eric Paul Peralta, a legal expert on women's rights a