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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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Country Snapshot: Philippines and Training Ex-combatants in Mindanao

Photo of a group of ex-combatants in a corn field.

Since 2000, after the peace agreement was signed between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels on this southernmost island, USAID has been working to reintegrate ex-combatants from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) into peaceful occupations.

A total of 23,000 former fighters have received training, equipment and technical support and have become successful farmers through programs such as the Livelihood Enhancement and Peace (LEAP) program.

Among those trained, a group of women ex-combatants has received training to become active participants in implementing the program, and in several cases, to become commercial seaweed farmers.


Philippine's Program Objectives

Objectives
Economic Governance
Environment and Energy
Conflict Resolution

Selected Activities

Well Family Midwife Clinic
Legal Accountability and Dispute Resolution (LADR)
Training ex-combatants in Mindanao
Lighting the Homes and Communities of Ex-Combatants
Coastal Management
Anti-Trafficking of Women and Children
Saving and Credit with Education (SCWE)

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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:11:11 -0500
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