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The election of two women presidents and the appointment of a woman chief justice of the Supreme Court in the Philippines have elevated the country to eighth rank in a worldwide survey on closing the gender gap between men and women, done by an international body this year, a newspaper said.
Philippine presidents Corazon Aquino and Gloria Arroyo ruled from 1986 to 1992, and from 2001 to 2010, respectively. Maria Lourdes Sereno became the country’s first woman chief justice of the Supreme Court, following her appointment by President Benigno Aquino this year, said the Philippine Starwhich reported the result of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global gender gap index done this year.
The Philippines ranked top 10 worldwide with the election of women senators and representatives at the two houses of Philippine Congress, and the appointment of women leaders in government posts, WEF said.
The Philippines was top 20 worldwide in measurement of women’s economic participation and political empowerment, WEF said, adding the Philippines remained Asia’s highest-ranking country to have closed the gender gap in education, economic equality, health care, and political participation.
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