By many measures, the Philippines is already a good place to be a woman, placing for example among the top countries where the wide gap between men and women when it comes to opportunities and empowerment is closing. And yet, even with the Philippines ranking the second best in Asia-Pacific — next to New Zealand — and 17th among 156 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2021 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), women here
It’s only the start of the new year yet I find myself oddly contemplating sunsets. Maybe the balmy cold weather we are having these days has a lot to do with my lethargic state of mind. Or it might be the tragic news that come seemingly in succession beginning with Supertyphoon “Odette” when it ravaged southern provinces, claiming lives and leaving in her wake billions of pesos in damages and loss. Just when I thought the spell of bad luck already subsided, I was greeted with news that F. Sionil José passed away. We never came close to being close save
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