Women empowerment, Surely, Filipinos know that by heart. Infact, we are among the top countries that uphold gender equality and women's rights. Well, at least in this arena, we toppled even the US! Imagine we have had total of two women presidents, considering that the Philippines is quite a young democracy. In addition, women of today have already proven their abilities and intelligence, holding high positions in various fields and heading top companies and industries. It only goes to show that what men can do, women can do as well.
In this modern age, who cares about gender? We are all now on an equal footing, playing on an even field. It should be no issue at all if the right one for a particular position is a man or a woman. At the end of the say, our credentials and qualifications should judge us, not by gender. Whether the male or the female is superior sex or fighting for women's rights should not be an issue, either. We just have to go for equality and upholding the rights of all, men, women, children even animals. The keyword here is not only equality but, more important, respect for one another. Mother Theresa, when she was still alive, once said she would not join an anti-war rally, but she was all for peace rallies.
- Corazon C. Aquino, is elected first female president in the Philippines and first women president-elect in Asia in 1981.
- The Filipino woman to lead a revolt during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines was Gabriela Silang.
- Oprah Winfrey, the pioneer for “rapport talk” in television, was one of the world's most influential people from 2004 to 2007 according to Time Magazine
- Having been told by God to recover her French homeland from the English through visions, Joan of Arc was the only person to have commanded a whole army at the age of 17 in 1849.
- Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female prime minister of Great Britain in 1973.
- Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman justice to sit on the US Supreme Court in 1979.
- Benazir Bhutto becomes first woman leader of a Muslim country in modern history in 1988.
- Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman to serve as speaker of the US House of Representatives in 2007.
- Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space in 1949.
- Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1917.
- Hellen Keller, who is deaf and blind, graduates cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1889.
- Arabella Mansfield is the first woman admitted to the bar in the United States in 1849.
