In 2005, more than half (55.4%) or 45,225 of the 81,578 workers engaged in business process outsourcing activities were women. Women workers dominated in medical transcription industries (74.5%), data processing (65.2%) and call center activities... Read more about Women in Business Process Outsourcing Industries.
Gender and Development
On Business and Industry
On Civil Registration
June 8, 2011
The life expectancy at birth for females born in the Philippines from the year 2005 to 2010 is 71.64 years. Derived from the 2000 Census-based projections, this projected life expectancy at birth for females is longer by 5.53 than the life... Read more about Life Expectancy at Birth of Women.
On Functional Literacy and Education
On Labor and Employment
June 11, 2009
The number of the overseas Filipino workers registered in the October 2006 Survey on Overseas Filipinos is 1.52 million. The number of female overseas workers is 764, which is 2% more than the number of male overseas workers in the same year.... Read more about Overseas Filipino Women.
March 17, 2009
Based on 2002 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF), male operators dominated agriculture sector. Of the 4.8 million agricultural operators, 89 percent are males while only 11 percent are females. Agricultural operators had a median age of 46... Read more about Women in Agriculture.
