Philippine Party-List System: A Failure or a Success? The country’s population is about 90 million; about 70 percent of which is in poverty. It is not farfetched to say that majority of the country’s population is underserved and marginalized ― our farmers‚ fisher folks‚ the youth and the women among others ―and are in need of government’s attention. In a developing country like the Philippines‚ decision-making or policy-making must gear towards development of these underserved sectors of the Philippine
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Progressive Era: Working Class Workers during the gilded age were marginalized by their working conditions‚ low income‚ and limited working hours. To overcome the marginalization for the working class‚ they created labor movements and went on strikes. Although the workers had created many strikes and labor unions‚ they were at the least successful. Workers were marginalized by the poor working conditions they had. A lot of the time the workers feared going
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA College of Arts and Sciences Department of Social Sciences DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAM THE EFFECTS OF PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM IN THE LIVES OF BENEFICIARIES IN THE CITY OF MANILA (Thesis Proposal) MARY GRACE FABROS BA Development Studies UP Manila Statement of the problem The Philippines has been battling against poverty for over several years now. The problem with poverty was inherited by every president‚ the highest ranking official of the republic
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As illustrated in the Marginalized Voices clip‚ individuals feel as if they cannot reach out as they do not fit into the stenotic image of what a person with an eating disorder looks like. Thus‚ we need to consider that individual in marginalized groups are dealing with factors that magnify the dynamics that take place in eating disorders. I think that the most practical idea that
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developed from within the perspectives of particular social identities‚ e.g. black theology‚ feminist theology‚ third world theologies‚ etc. These often created new ways of interpreting the biblical text from the perspective(s) of people who have been marginalized and oppressed. In North America‚ feminist biblical criticism has become an extremely important approach to reading the Bible. It aims to a) expose the patriarchal character of biblical literature and‚ where possible‚ to recover women’s insights
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people of color‚ lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender‚ queer‚ and genderqueer. Microaggression severely impacts the mental health of members of marginalized social groups (Nadal‚ 489). Microaggression make marginalized individuals feel inadequate about themselves which internally damages their self-esteem. What “doing heterosexuality” does for these marginalized group is protect them from stigmas‚ embarrassments‚ and ostracism. For example‚ Tom Waddell an Olympic athlete‚ revealed his sexual orientation
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DIGESTED CASES Macalintal vs COMELEC [G.R. No. 157013. July 10‚ 2003] Facts: A petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by Romulo Macalintal‚ a memer of the Philippine Bar‚ seeking a declaration that certain provisions of RA 9189 (The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003) suffer from constitutional infirmity. He claimed that he has actual and material legal interest in the subject matter of this case in seeing to it that public funds are properly and lawfully used and appropriated‚ petitioner
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DEVELOP THIS IDEA In “The Lesson”‚ the author‚ Toni Cade Bambara‚ talks about a group of young children learn a lesson from Miss Moore who receive education and has sense of responsibility for those children. Most of those of children are poor and marginalized. In “class in America”‚ the author‚ Gregogy Mantsios‚ explores that there are many unfair exist in America among different classes. However Miss Moore also mentioned that “It does not have to be that way. In our society‚ there is no denying that
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American critical theorist Nancy Fraser developed the concept of a “counter-public” to describe the alternative public spaces for marginalized people. Through this concept‚ Fraser argues that the so-called single “public sphere” is not in fact realistic due to the fact that is assumes a white‚ male‚ empowered subject that silences the voices of oppressed and marginalized members of society. Because of this‚ it is necessary to recognize multiple public spheres that allow the voices of all members of
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sentencing reform‚ voting rights‚ and eliminating racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The article stresses that the purpose of the movement is not to ignore or excuse criminal offences‚ but rather offers a new view of justice and how marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. Porter emphasizes that the movement “offers an opportunity to deepen the organizing narrative that will hopefully reverse harsh criminal justice practices and policies
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