The women’s movement: Policy issues, influence and constraints

• Main Author: Mendoza, Diana J
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation; Political Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/polsci-faculty-pubs/3; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315709215/chapters/10.4324/9781315709215-34
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This chapter examines the factors that shaped the development and policy impact of the women’s movement in the Philippines. The prominence of organized religion, i.e., the Roman Catholic Church, in politics and public life as well as the fragmentation of the Philippine left and the resulting politic...