MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos disagree that most women are at a disadvantage in Philippine society while close to 95 percent agree that women should fight for their rights, a recent Pulse Asia survey suggests. According to the survey, 41 percent of Filipinos believe that women in the Philippines are not disdvantaged against 33 percent of respondents who believe otherwise. Respondents in the rest of Luzon (40 percent) and the Visayas (42 percent) were more inclined to believe that women are at a disadvantage. About 36 percent of female respondents said women are disadvantaged in society against 30 percent of men who did. Meanwhile, almost all respondents — 94 percent — believe that a woman has the right to fight for her rights while 2 percent disagrees.

Source: Philippine Star March 08, 2017 10:52 UTC