Research group IBON said that the situation of Filipino\nwomen workers is getting worse under the Duterte administration. The group said\nthat the number of employed Filipino women has fallen even as those working\ncontinue to receive measly wages. Women workers are among the worst affected by\nthe government\u2019s neoliberal and anti-worker policies, said IBON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of employed women in the country fell from some\n16 million in 2016 to 15.7 million in 2018, the latest year for which data is\navailable. This means 300,000 less jobs for Filipino women workers since the\nstart of the Duterte administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those women able to find employment, work conditions are\nhardly improving. The percentage share of employed women in precarious work is\nvirtually unchanged from 15.6% in 2016 to 15.4% in 2018. Over one in four women\nemployed work excessive hours, or over 48 hours per week. This is beyond international\nlabor standards of eight hours a day or 40 hours a week. The share of women\nemployed working excessive hours in all jobs was 27.1% in 2016 and falling only\nslightly to 26% in 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBON also noted low wages for Filipino women workers. The\naverage real daily basic pay (ADBP) of women barely increased from Php382 in\n2016 to Php389 in 2018, or by just a measly 1.8 percent. The ADBP of women in short-term,\nseasonal or casual work rose by 6% in the same period but this remained very\nlow at just P257 in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wage gap between women and men also still remains wide. The latest available data on ADBP shows that women working in agriculture made 12% less than men in 2016. This wage gap decreased slightly to 11% in 2017, with women having an ADBP of Php201 compared to Php225 for men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the wage gap between women and men employed in\nmanufacturing increased from 7.4% in 2016 to 7.8% in 2017, with women having an\nADBP of Php374 versus Php406 for men. The wage gap is smallest in services which\nnarrowed even further from 7.3% to 5.9% over that same period, with women\nearning Php452 versus Php480 for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBON said that Filipino women\u2019s continuing plight is just\nanother result of the Duterte administration\u2019s market-driven pro-big business\npolicies that disregard women and workers\u2019 rights. The group said that that job\nprospects and conditions for women will not significantly improve unless these\npolicies are changed. ###<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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