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The passage of House Bill 9349 or the Absolute Divorce Bill into law will help bridge the gender gap in the country, according to Albay lawmaker Edcel Lagman on Friday.Lagman, one of the authors of the said bill, made the statement in response to the 2024 World Economic Forum Report on Global Gender Gap Index where the Philippines ranked in 25th place.
The pro-woman measure will bridge the gender gap and achieve gender parity as abused and tormented wives are given the opportunity to regain their freedom, self-respect, agency and happiness together with the right to alimony, primary custody of their children and the latter’s support from the offending party, and remarry,” Lagman said in a statement.“When the Global Gender Gap Report was launched in 2006, the Philippines ranked sixth.
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