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The role of women in the Philippines has changed throughout many years. Women have fought for equal rights and endured social oppression for many decades. Much like the United States, the Philippines journeyed through traditional family roles, strict family expectations and serious consequences for breaking the accepted norm. In the traditional Filipino society, “gender culture has been transformed by tremendous Western-European and American influences (Francoeur, Perper, and Reiss 2001: 825).”

“terminated the state of martial law throughout the Philippines” (1). Its objective was stated as: [I]n pursuit of its long-range goal of recovering the substance of democracy, restoring individual rights and promoting the welfare of the Filipino people, the government has successfully waged a Democratic Revolution founded upon a series of reforms[.] (1) The day before the proclamation took effect, Ferdinand Marcos, former President and Prime Minister of the Philippines, was quoted in the Manila Bulletin

Whether you are driving from C.P. Garcia, Commonwealth or White Plains, you can tell where you are by spotting the towering buildings of Berkeley Residences or SM Blue. When you happen to drive by this area, you can definitely feel the busy atmosphere with students and professionals here and there either with a handful of papers to work on or just hanging out with their friends or colleagues, and the air of rush hour in the morning and the afternoon. But in spite of the frustrations of this crowded

What is a community? To many it is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. For many this is an abstract term. Many people don’t exactly know what a community is. It can be felt or touched and sure enough it can’t be seen. Society also plays a role in this relative and abstract term of community. Meaning, the body of human beings generally, associated or viewed as members of a community. Amitai

I am always for freedom; that is the truth. But I realize that today, we have too much freedom, so much so that the truth of our lives have been muddled into this really vague truth: whatever works is OK; as long as you harm no one, what you do is OK; if you obey the law, whatever you do within it is OK; that as long as you are conventional, as long as you obey what people say today, your amorality, your insincerity, your plain stoic unfeelingness is OK. But the simple truth is that this thinking

Further Than Loyalty Are you loyal to your own land and country, to a point that you will indifferently oppose other land 's and nations ' beliefs, way of life, traditions, and so on. According to Webster (2014), nationalism means showing complete support and faithfulness towards a nation, even though showing nationalism intend to go against other nations. Miscevic (2001) describes the word nationalism in two marvelous ideas. First, it is the way the elements of a country are thoughtful and mindful

1989, and demonstrated the will of the people to stop the oppression of these dictators or communist parties. The Philippines were no different, independent organizations such as JAJA and NAMFREL rallied against the militaristic dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Additionally, the intervention of the church proved to be a powerful uniting tool for the revolution, in a catholic predominant society. Women played no small role, Corazon Aquino challenged Marcos politically, and many were involved in public

Age of Exploration (1350-1550) (Call to Freedom - CTF) The Commercial Revolution changed Europe by changing the way people did business in the 1200s. On page 33 in CTF, the second paragraph states “During the Commercial Revolution, however, merchants and craftspeople became more aggressive about making a profit.” Many Landlords wanted farmers to grow crops to be sold on their rented land. Cities grew rich from specific things such as dying cloth in Florence and glassmaking in Venice. They also brought

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community

martial law may be subjected to military tribunals (court-martial). There were several incidents when the Philippine head of state declared martial law, the most infamous is Proclamation № 1081 which was the proclamation of Martial Law by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. It was announced to the public on 23 September 1972, and was formally lifted on 17 January 1981. Under this declaration, civil rights were suspended and military authority in the country was imposed. Then president Marcos defended the