- The Philippine population is 49.7 percent female
- The female literacy rate is 92.7 percent
- Women's labour force participation rate is 50.2 percent
- The population growth rate is 2.3 percent
- 53.4 percent of overseas workers are women who work as sales and service
workers
- Women's actual contribution to food production and the rural economy
remains undervalued and invisible
- In the rice industry, women spend an average of 7.8 hours working in
the field
- Agriculture and fisheries are viewed as male areas even if women engage
in such occupations
- The financial and economic crisis in the late 1990s has contributed
to the persistence of poverty among rural women
- Environmental problems greatly affect women's livelihoods, food security
and overall health and well-being limiting their participation and empowerment
