The Philippine justice system must improve in terms of access and provisions specific to women’s needs, considering the physical, social, and economic vulnerabilities they face, according to the United Nations Women. READ:
AN activist joins a rally on Oct. 14, 2020 to protest the delay in granting a three-day furlough to a jailed fellow activist whose infant daughter died in hospital. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS
National Project UN Women’s Access to Justice Programme Analyst Jona Marie Ang said in a statement on Tuesday. The UN Women Philippines has launched the Access to Justice Programme and Ending Violence Against Women Programme to advocate for the creation of an environment that enables women to seek and access justice without fear of victim blaming, re-traumatization, and retaliation.
“The decision of Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 47 allowing detained activists to post bail is bittersweet because it is long overdue, but the amount attached to their freedom is excessive that it becomes another injustice,” Fides M. Lim, convenor for Kapatid, said in a statement.
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