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Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. Prior to colonization, both men and women could get a divorce for the following reasons: failure to meet family obligations, childlessness, and infidelity. Children, regardless of gender, and properties were equally divided in a divorce.
Leticia Ramos-Shahani became the first Filipino woman to become President pro tempore of the Senate in 1993. Santanina Rasul is the first Filipina Muslim senator. Tecla San Andres Ziga was the first woman in the Philippines to top the bar examinations for law degree graduates. She was elected as a senator in 1963.
Maria Corazon " Cory " Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino[ 4] CCLH ( Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade ...
Imelda Romuáldez Marcos[ 4] ( locally [ɪˈmelda ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician [ 5] and convicted criminal [ 6] who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under ...
Marissa Reynon. c. 1975. Cotabato, Philippines. Died. June 11, 2000 (aged 24–25) Manila, Philippines. Sarah Jane Salazar, born Marissa Reynon (1975 – June 11, 2000), was a Filipino AIDS activist and educator and the second Filipino to go public with HIV at age 19 in 1994. [ 1] The first was Dolzura Cortez .
Maricel Laxa (born 1970) Maricel Morales. Maricel Soriano (born 1965) Maricris Garcia (born 1987) Mariel Pamintuan (born 1998) Mariel Rodriguez (born 1984) Marife Necesito (born 1980) Marilyn Villamayor.
Mary John Mananzan (born 1937), Rodrigo Duterte [ 41][ 42] (born 1945), Antonio Meloto [ 43] (born 1950), Joan Carling (born 1963), Rodne Galicha (born 1979), Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (founded in 1969), Free Legal Assistance Group (founded in 1974), Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (founded in 1974), Karapatan Alliance ...
Geraldine Roman is the first and only trans woman to be elected to the House, in 2016. Daisy Avance-Fuentes was the first woman to become Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, from 1998 to 2001. Bella Angara was the first woman to become House Majority Leader, from 2000 to 2001. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was the first ...