11 Marso, 2025 Martes
Success Month March in iskup
election campaign period, gun ban in effect
No to Divorce!!!
Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez, Happy 91st birthday Nanay
No to SOGIE bill
Supports Fire Prevention Month March
congratulations Marked Men for Christ Philippines 565th batch Seminar, January 30,31,February 1,2025, Kabaleyan Cove, San Carlos City,
Pangasinan ,looking forward to next batch July 16,2025, Baguio City
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Family of the late Ilocos Sur Gov. Efren Rafanan Sr. appreciates everyone joined them in their bereavement
PM for any hospital discharge problem
More women in judiciary-SC
By Nidz Godino
AS Philippines celebrates Women’s Month this March Supreme Court (SC) touted increased representation of women in judiciary.
Women now comprise over half of sitting judges in trial courts at 56 percent, according to Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo.
In appellate courts, women justices account for 77 percent in Court of Tax Appeals, 45 percent in the Court of Appeals (CA), and 35 percent in Sandiganbayan.
He made emphasis during SC’s kickoff activity for Women’s Month on March 3, themed “Babae: Sapat ka! Higit pa!,” paying tribute to women as “Pillars of Rule of Law and Just and Humane Society.”
Gesmundo noted two of the sitting SC justices are women: Associate Justices Amy Lazaro-Javier and Maria Filomena Singh.
Appellate courts also have two women presiding justices: CA Presiding Justice Fernanda Lampas Peralta and Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Geraldine Faith Econg.
Gesmundo cautioned that true empowerment is not simply about increasing representation, but also about “fostering system women’s leadership, insights and expertise are valued and fully integrated into shaping nation’s institutional and cultural fabric.”
For her part, Lazaro-Javier said women empowerment “should not be defined as ‘process’ of ‘becoming stronger’ because we already are.”
She proposed new definition of women empowerment as “ endless possibilities women create when they embrace their innate abilities to lead and change the world.”
For his part, Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez said women are now dominating legal profession, with more women than men passing Bar exams since 2013.
In 2024 Shari’ah Bar exams, where 62.3 percent of passers were female, nine of 11 topnotchers were women, he said.
Meanwhile, Akbayan party-list paid tribute to Filipino women ahead of International Women’s Day, highlighting their courage and contributions to society.
Land Transportation Office will conduct free theoretical driving course for female applicants as part of celebration of National Women’s Month.
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