It's #InternationalWomensMonth and we continue to pay tribute to women leaders amid the pandemic.
We speak to House Committee on Women and Gender Equality Chair Rep. Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba on #NewDay | LIVE
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We speak to House Committee on Women and Gender Equality Chair Rep. Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba on #NewDay | LIVE
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House panel chair Acosta-Alba: Women continue to face a lot of challenges, discrimination, violence and sexual abuse especially in the pandemic. There's also an increase in domestic violence
House panel chair Acosta-Alba says teenage pregnancy and child marriage are among the problems that need tighter policies
House panel chair Acosta-Alba: Although we are top in Asia in closing gender gap, we dropped eight notches lower worldwide. We still have a lot of work to do
House panel chair Acosta-Alba: We need to make the Magna Carta for Women fully implemented and strengthen partnership with national, local agencies
House panel chair Acosta-Alba: We need to break down biases against women
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