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The female literacy rate is 95%, second only to Japan’s
in Asia, but Filipina women earn 37% to 47% less than men.
Women hold 54% of government jobs, but they dominate second-level positions, at 72%. Men outnumber them by 34% at the first level.
Six of every 10 Filipinos who leave for work abroad are
women. About 100,000 to 150,000 women leave each year, most to
work as domestics or entertainers.
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