Senator Leila De Lima has filed a resolution urging the Senate to amend the Family Code of the Philippines in order to have equal responsibilities between parents. Some articles in the Family Code state the inequality of power and privilege between the husband and wife, the senator said. ADVERTISEMENT“This bill seeks to rectify the inequality in decision-making in the household by amending certain provisions in the Family Code of the Philippines,” De Lima said in a statement on Saturday. Among the provisions that the senator said promotes gender inequality and which she wanted to revise were Articles 14, 12, 124, 211 and 225 of the Family Code. The Family Code of the Philippines was put into order by virtue of Executive Order No.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 10, 2018 08:14 UTC